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Spalding's 
Athletic Library 

Anticipating the present ten- 
dency of the American people 
toward a healthf urmethod of living 
and enjoyment, Spalding's Athletic 
Library was established in 1892 for 
the purpose of encouraging ath- 
letics in every form, not only by 
publishing the official rules and 
records pertaining to the various 
pastimes, but also by instructing, 
until to-day Spalding's Athletic 
Library is unique in its own par- 
ticular field and has been conceded 
the greatest educational series on 
athletic and physical training sub- 
jects that has ever been compiled . 

The publication of a distinct 
series of books devoted to athletic 
sports and pastimes and designed 
to occupy the premier place in 
America in its class was an early 
idea of Mr. A. G. Spalding, who 
was one of the first in America 
to publish a handbook devoted to 
A. G. Spalding athletic sports, Spalding's Official 

Base Ball Guide being the initial 
number, which was followed at intervals with other handbooks on the 
sports prominent in the '70s. 

Spalding's Athletic Library has had the advice and counsel of Mr. A. G. 
Spalding in all of its undertakings, and particularly in all books devoted 
to the national game. This applies especially to Spalding's Official 
Base Ball Guide and Spalding's Official Base Ball Record, both of which 
receive the personal attention of Mr. A. G. Spalding, owing to his early 
connection with the game as the leading pitcher of the champion Boston 
and Chicago teams of 1872-76. His interest does not stop, however, with 
matters pertaining to base ball; there is not a sport that Mr. Spalding 
does not make it his business to become familiar with, and that the 
Library wi?.l always maintain its premier place, with Mr. Spalding's able 
counsel at hand, goes without saying. 

The entire series since the issue of the first number has been under 
the direct personal supervision of Mr, James E. Sullivan, President 
of the American Sports Publishing Company, and the total series of 
consecutive numbers reach an aggregate of considerably over three 
hundred, included in which are many "annuals," that really constitute 
the history of their particular sport in America year by year, back copies 
of which are even now eagerly sought for, constituting as they do the 
really first authentic records of event3 and official rules that have ever 
been consecutively compiled. 

When Spalding's Athletic Library was founded, seventeen years ago, 
track and field athletics were practically unknown outside the larger 
jolleges and a few athletic clubs in the leading cities, which gave occa- 
sional meets, when an entry list of 250 competitors was a subject of com- 
ment; golf was known only by a comparatively few persons; lawn tennis 
had some vogue and base ball was practically the only established field 




EDITORS OF SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY 



eport, and that in a professional way; basket ball had just been invented; 
athletics for the schoolboy — and schoolgirl— were almost unknown, and 
an advocate of class contests in athletics in the schools could not get a 
hearing. To-day we find the greatest body of athletes in the world i& 
the Public Schools Athletic League of Greater New York, which has had 
an entry list at its annual games of over two thousand, and in whose 
"elementary series" in base ball last year 106 schools competed for the 
trophy emblematic of the championship. 

While Spalding's Athletic Library cannot claim that the rapid growth 
of athletics in this country is due to it solely, the fact cannot be denied 
that the books have had a great deal to do with its encouragement, by 
printing the official rules and instructions for playing the various games 
at a nominal price, within the reach of everyone, with the sole object 
that its series might be complete and the one place where a person 
could look with absolute certainty for the particular book in which he 
might be interested. 

In selecting the editors and writers for the various books, the lead- 
ing authority in his particular line has been obtained, with the result 
that no collection or books on athletic subjects can compare with 
Spalding's Athletic Library for the prominence of the various authors 
and their ability to present their subjects in a thorough and practical 
manner. 

A short sketch of a few of those who have edited some of the lead- 
ing numbers of Spalding's Athletic Library is given herewith : 



JAMES E. SULLIVAN 

President American Sports Publishing Com- 
pany; entered the publishing house of Frank 
Leslie in 1878, and has been connected continu- 
ously with the publishing business since then 
and also as athletic editor of various New 
York papers; was a competing athlete; one of 
the organizers of the Amateur Athletic Union 
of the United States; has been actively on ite 
board of governors since its organization until 
the present time, and President for two suc^ 
cessive terms; has attended every champion* 
ship meeting in America since 1879 and has officiated in some capacity in 
connection with American amateur championships track and field games 
for nearly twenty-five years; assistant American director Olympic Games* 
Paris, 1900; director Pan-American Exposition athletic department, 1901s 
chief department physical culture Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St, 
Louis, 1904; secretary American Committee Olympic Games, at Athens, 
1906; honorary director of Athletics at Jamestown Exposition, 1907; secre= 
tary American Committee Olympic Games, at London, 1908; member of 
the Pastime A. C., New York: honorary member Missouri A. C, St. Louisa 
honorary member Olympic A. C, San Francisco; ex-president Pastime 
A. C, New Jersey A. C, Knickerbocker A. C; president Metropolitan 
Association of the A. A. U. for fifteen years; president Outdoor Recrea- 
tion League; with Dr. Luther H. Gulick organized the Public Schools 
Athletic League of New York, and is now chairman of its games commit- 
tee and member executive committee; was a pioneer in playground work 
and one of the organizers of the Outdoor Recreation League of New York ; 
appointed by President Roosevelt as special commissioner to the Olympic 
Games at Athens, 1906, and decorated by King George I. of the Hellenes 
(Greece) for his services in connection with the Olympic Games; ap- 
pointed special commissioner by President Roosevelt to the Olympic 
Games at London, 1908; appointed by Mayor McClellan, 1908, as memoes 
of the Board of Education of Greater New York. 




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WALTER CAMP 

For quarter of a century Mr. Walter Camp 
of Yale has occupied a leading position in col- 
lege athletics. It is immaterial what organiza- 
tion is suggested for college athletics, or for 
the betterment of conditions, insofar as college 
athletics is concerned, Mr. Camp has always 
played an important part in its conferences, 
and the great interest in and high plane of 
college sport to-day, are undoubtedly due more 
to Mr. Camp than to any other individual. Mr. 
Camp has probably written more on college 
athletics than any other writer and the leading papers and maga- 
zines of America are always anxious to secure his expert opinion on foot 
ball, track and field athletics, base ball and rowing. Mr. Camp has grown 
up with Yale athletics and is a part of Yale's remarkable athletic system. 
While he has been designated as the "Father of Foot Ball," it is a well 
known fact that during his college career Mr. Camp was regarded as one 
of the best players that ever represented Yale on the base ball field, so 
when we hear of Walter Camp as a foot ball expert we must also remem- 
ber his remarkable knowledge of the game of base ball, of which he is a 
great admirer. Mr. Camp has edited Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 
since it was first published, and also the Spalding Athletic Library book 
on How to Play Foot Ball. There is certainly no man in American college 
life better qualified to write for Spalding's Athletic Library than Mr„ 
Camp. 



DR. LUTHER HALSEY GULICK 

The leading exponent of physical training 
Sn America; one who has worked hard to im- 
press the value of physical training in the 
schools; when physical training was combined 
with education at the St. Louis Exposition in 
1904 Dr. Gulick played an important part in 
that congress; he received several awards for 
his good work and had many honors conferred 
upon him; he is the author of a great, many 
books on the subject; it was Dr. Gulick, who, 
acting on the suggestion of James E. Sullivan, 
organized the Public Schools Athletic League of Greater New York, and 
was its first Secretary; Dr. Gulick was also for several years Director of 
Physical Training in the public schools of Greater New York, resigning 
the position to assume the Presidency of the Playground Association of 
America. Dr. Gulick is an authority on all subjects pertaining to phys- 
ical training and the study of the child. 



JOHN B. FOSTER 

Successor to the late Henry Chadwick 
("Father of Base Ball") as editor of Spald- 
ing's Official Base Ball Guide; sporting editor 
of the New York Evening Telegram; has 
been in the newspaper business for many 
years and is recognized throughout America 
as a leading writer on the national game; a 
staunch supporter of organized base ball, 
his pen has always been used for the better- 
ment of the game. 






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TIM MURNANE 

Base Ball editor of the Boston Globe and 
President of the New England League of 
Base Ball Clubs; one of the best known base 
ball men of the country; known from coast 
to coast; is a keen follower of the game and 
prominent in all its councils; nearly half a 
century ago was one of America's foremost 
players: knows the game thoroughly and 
writes from the point of view both of player 
and an official. 



HARRY PHILIP BURCHELL 

Sporting editor of the New York Times; 
graduate of the University of Pennsylvania; 
editor of Spalding's Official Lawn Tennis 
Annual; is an authority on the game; follows 
the movements of the players minutely and 
understands not only tennis but all other sub- 
jects that can be classed as athletics; no one 
is better qualified to edit this book than Mr. 
Burchell. 




GEORGE T. HEPBRON 

Former Young Men's Christian Association 
director; for many years an official of the 
Athletic League of Young Men's Christian 
Associations of North America ; was con- 
nected with Dr. Luther H. Gulick in Young 
Men's Christian Association work for over 
twelve years; became identified with basket 
ball when it was in its infancy and has fol- 
lowed it since, being recognized as the lead- 
ing exponent of the official rules; succeeded 
Dr. Gulick as editor of the Official Basket Ball 



Guide and also editor of the Spalding Athletic Library book on How to 
Play Basket Ball, 




JAMES S. MITCHEL 

Former champion weight thrower; holder 
of numerous records, and is the winner of 
more championships than any other individual 
in the history of sport ; Mr. Mitchel is a close 
student of athletics and well qualified to write 
upon any topic connected with athletic sport ; 
has been for years on the staff of the New 
York Sun. 



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MICHAEL C. MURPHY 

The world's moat famous athletic trainers 
the champion athletes that he has developed 
for track and field sports, foot ball and base ball 
fields, would run into thousands; he became 
famous when at Yale University and has 
been particularly successful in developing 
what might be termed championship teams; 
his rare good judgment has placed him in an 
enviable position in the athletic world; now 
with the University of Pennsylvania ; dur- 
ing his career has trained only at two col- 
leges and one athletic club, Yale and the 
University of Pennsylvania and Detroit Athletic Club; his most recent 
triumph was that of training the famous American team of athletes 
that swept the field at the Olympic Games of 1908 at London. 





DR. C. WARD CRAMPTON 

Succeeded Dr. Gulick as director of physical 
training in the schools of Greater New York: 
as secretary of the Public Schools Athletic 
League is at the head of the most remarkable 
organization of its kind in the world; is a 
practical athlete and gymnast himself, and 
has been for years connected with the physi- 
cal training system in the schools of Greater 
New York, having had charge of the High 
School of Commerce. 



DR. GEORGE J. FISHER 

Has been connected with Y. M. C. A. work 
for many years as physical director at Cincin- 
nati and Brooklyn, where he made such a high 
reputation as organizer that he was chosen to 
succeed Dr. Luther H. Gulick as Secretary of 
the Athletic League of Y. M. C. A.'s of North 
America, when the latter resigned to take 
charge of the physical training in the Public 
Schools of Greater New York. 



DR. GEORGE ORTON 

On athletics, college athletics, particularly 
track and field, foot ball, soccer foot ball, and 
training of the youth, it would be hard to find 
one better qualified than Dr. Orton; has had 
the necessary athletic experience and the 
ability to impart that experience intelligently 
to the youth of the land; for years was the 
American, British and Canadian champion 
runner. 



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FREDERICK R. TOOMBS 

A well known authority on skating, rowing, 
boxing", racquets, and other athletic sports; 
was sporting editor of American Press Asso- 
ciation, New York; dramatic editor; is a law- 
yer and has served several terms as a member 
of Assembly of the Legislature of the State of 
New York; has written several novels and 
historical works. 



R. L. WELCH 

A resident of Chicago; the popularity of 
indoor base ball is chiefly due to his efforts; 
a player himself of no mean ability; a first- 
class organizer; he has followed the game of 
indoor base ball from its inception. 



DR. HENRY S. ANDERSON 

Has been connected with Yale University 
for years and is a recognized authority on 
gymnastics; is admitted to be one of the lead- 
ing authorities in America on gymnastic sub- 
jects; is the author of many books on physical 
training. 



CHARLES M. DANIELS 

Just the man to write an authoritative 
book on swimming; the fastest swimmer the 
world has ever known; member New York 
Athletic Club swimming team and an Olym- 
pic champion at Athens in 1906 and London, 
1908. In his book^ on Swimming, Champion 
Daniels describes just the methods one must 
use to become an expert swimmer. 

GU STAVE BOJUS 

Mr. Bojus is most thoroughly qualified to 
write intelligently on all subjects pertaining 
to gymnastics and athletics; in his day one 
of America's most famous amateur athletes; 
has competed successfully in gymnastics and 
many other sports for the New York Turn 
Verein; for twenty years he has been prom- 
inent in teaching gymnastics and athletics; 
was responsible for the famous gymnastic 
championship teams of Columbia University* 
now with the Jersey City high schools. 



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CHARLES JACOBUS 

Admitted to be the "Father of Roque;" 
one of America's most expert players, win- 
ning the Olympic Championship at St. Louis 
in 1904; an ardent supporter of the game 
and follows it minutely, and much of the 
success of roque is due to his untiring efforts; 
certainly there is no one better qualified to 
write on this subject than Mr. Jacobus. 



DR. E. B. WARMAN 

Well known as a physical training expert; 
was probably one of the first to enter the field 
and is the author of many books on the sub- 
ject; lectures extensively each year all over 
the country. 



W. J. CROMIE 

Now with the University of Pennsylvania; 
was formerly a Y. M. C. A. physical director; 
a keen student of all gymnastic matters; the 
author of many books on subjects pertaining 
to physical training. 




G. M. MARTIN 

By profession a physical director of the 
Young Men's Christian Association; a close 
student of all things gymnastic, and games 
for the classes in the gymnasium or clubs. 



PROF. SENAC 

A leader in the fencing world; has main- 
tained a fencing school in New York for 
years and developed a great many cham- 
pions ; understands the science of fencing 
thoroughly and the benefits to be derived 
♦herefrom. 



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al Base Ball Record 

al Foot Ball Guide 

al Soccer Foot Ball Guide 

al Cricket Guide 

al Lawn Tennis Annual 

al Golf Guide 

al Ice Hockey Guide 

al Basket Ball Guide 

al Bowling Guide 

al Indoor Base Ball Guide 

al Roller Polo Guide 

al Athletic Almanac 



Group I. Base Ball 

No. 1 Spalding* s Official Base Ball 
Guide. 

No. 1A Official Base Ball Record. 
No. 202 How to Play Base Ball. 
No. 223 How to Bat. 
No. 232 How to Run Bases. 
No. 230 How to Pitch. 
No. 229 How to Catch. 
No. 225 How to Play First Base. 
No. 226 How to Play Second Base. 
No. 227 How to Play Third Base. 
No. 228 How to Play Shortstop. 
No. 224^ How to Play the Outfield. 

How to Organize a Base Ball 
Club. [League. 
How to Organize a Base Ball 
How to Manage a Base Ball 
w % < Club. 

How toTrain a Base BallTeam 
How to Captain a Base Ball 
How to Umpire a Game. [Team 
„ Technical Base Ball Terms. 
No. 219 Ready Reckoner of Base Ball 
Percentages. 

BASE BALL AUXILIARIES 
No. 319 Minor League Base Ball Guide 
No. 320 Official Book National League 

of Prof. Base Ball Clubs. 
No. 321 Official Handbook National 

Playground Ball Assn. 

Croup ll. Foot Ball 

No. 2 Spalding's Official Foot Ball 
Guide. 

No. 334 Code of the Foot Ball Rules. 

No. 324 How to Play Foot Ball. 

No. 2a Spalding's Official Soccer Foot 

Ball Guide. 
No. 286 How to Play Soccer. 



FOOT BALL AUXILIARY 
No. 332 Spalding's Official Canadian 

Foot Ball Guide. 
No. 335 Spalding's Official Rugby Foot 

Ball Guide. 

Group ill. crlcKct 

No. 3 Spalding's Official Cricket Guide. 
No. 277 Cricket and How to Play It. 

Group IV. Lawn Tennis 

No. 4 Spalding's Official Lawn Ten- 
nis Annual. 

No. 157 How to Play Lawn Tennis. 

No. 279 Strokes and Science of Lawn 
Tennis. 

Group v. Golf 

No. 5 Spalding's Official Golf Guide 
No. 276 How to Play Golf . 

Group vi. Hockey 

No. 6 Spalding's Official Ice Hockey 
Guide. 

No. 304 How to Play Ice Hockey. 
No. 154 Field Hockey. 

(Lawn Hockey. 
No. 188 < Parlor Hockey. 

(Garden Hockey. 
No. 180 Ring Hockey. 

HOCKEY AUXILIARY 
No. 256 Official Handbook Ontario 
Hockey Association. 

Group vil. Basher Ball 

No. 7 Spalding's Official Basket 

Ball Guide. 
No. 193 How to Play Basket Ball. 
No. 318 Basket Ball Guide for Women. 

BASKET BALL AUXILIARY 
No. 323 Official Collegiate Basket Ball 

Handbook. 



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Group VIII. Bowling 

No. 8 Spalding's Official Bowling 
Guide. 

droop IX. Indoor Base Ball 

No. 9 Spalding's Official Indoor Base 
Ball Guide, 

Group x. Polo 

No. 10 Spalding's Official Roller Polo 

Guide. 
No. 129 Water Polo. 
No. 199 Equestrian Polo. 

Group XI. Miscellaneous Games 

No. 201 Lacrosse. 

No. 322 Official Handbook U. S. Inter- 
collegiate Lacrosse League. 
No. 248 Archery. 
No. 138 Croquet. 
No. 271 Roque. 

(Racquets. 
No. 194 < Squash-Racquets. 

(Court Tennis. 
No. 13 Hand Ball. 
No. 167 Quoits. 
No. 170 Push Ball. 
No. 14 Curling. 
No. 207 Lawn Bowls. 
No. 188 Lawn Games. 
No. 189 Children's Games. 

Group XII. Athletics 

No. 12 Spalding's Official Athletic 

Almanac. 

No. 27 College Athletics. 

No. 182 All Around Athletics. 

No. 156 Athletes' Guide. 

No. 87 Athletic Primer. 

No. 273 Olympic Game sat Athens, 1906 

No. 252 How to Sprint. 

No. 255 How to Run 100 Yards. 

No. 174 Distance and Cross Country 

Running. [Thrower. 
No. 25?) How to Become a Weight 
No. 5^ Official Sporting Rules, [boys. 
No. 246 Athletic Training for School- 
No. 317 Marathon Running. 
No. 331 Schoolyard Athletics. 

ATHLETIC AUXILIARIES 
No. 311 Amateur Athletic Union Offi- 
cial Handbook. [book. 
No. 316 [ntercollegiate Official Hand- 
No. 302 i r . M. C. A. Official Handbook. 
No. 313 Public Schools Athletic 
League Official Handbook. 
No. 314 Public Schools Athletic 
League Official Handbook 
—Girls' Branch. 
No. 308 Official Handbook New York 
Interscholastic Athletic 
Association. 



Qm » m - Accomplishment* 

No. 177 How to Swim. 

No. 296 Speed Swimming. 

No. 128 How to Row. 

No. 209 How to Become a Skater. 

No. 178 How to Train for Bicycling?. 

No. 23 Canoeing. 

No. 282 Roller Skating Guide. 

Group xiv. Manly sport* 

No. 18 Fencing. (ByBreck.) 

No. 162 Boxing. 

No. 165 Fencing. ( By Senac.) 

No. 140 Wrestling. 

No. 236 How to Wrestle. 

No. 102 Ground Tumbling. 

No. 233 Jiu Jitsu. 

No. 166 How to Swing Indian Clubs, 

No. 200 Dumb Bell Exercises. 

No. 143 Indian Clubs and Dumb Belli, 

No. 262 Medicine Ball Exercises. 

No. 29 Pulley Weight Exercises. 

No. 191 How to Punch the Bag. 

No. 289 Tumbling for Amateurs. 

No. 326 Professional Wrestling. 

Group XV. Gymnastics 

No. 104 Grading of Gymnastic Exer- 
cises. [Dumb Bell Drills, 

No. 214 Graded Cal i sthenics and 

No. 254 Barnjum Bar Bell Drill. 

No. 158 Indoor and Outdoor Gym- 
nastic Games. 

No. 124 How to Become a Gymnast. 

No. 287 Fancy Dumb Bell and March- 
ing Drills. [Apparatus, 

No. 327 Pyramid Building Without 

No. 328 Exercises on the Parallel Bars. 

No. 329 Pyramid Building with 
Wands, Chairs and Ladders 
GYMNASTIC AUXILIARY 

No. 333 Official Handbook I. C. A. A, 
Gymnasts of America. 

Group XVI. Physical culture 

No. 161 Ten Minutes' Exercise for 
Busy Men. [giene t 
No. 208 Physical Education and Hy= 
No. 149 Scientific Physical Training 

and Care of the Body. 
No. 142 Physical Training Simplified; 
No. 185 Hints on Health. 
No. 213 285 Health Answers. 
No. 238 Muscle Building. [ning. 
No. 234 School Tactics and Maze Run- 
No. 261 Tensing Exercises, [nasties., 
No. 285 Health by Muscular Gym= 
No. 288 Indigestion Treated by Gym- 
No. 290 Get Well: Keep Well, [nastier 
No. 325 Twenty-Minute Exercises. 
No. 330 Physical Training for the 
School and Class Room. 



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Group L Base Ball 

No. 1— Spalding's Official 
Base Ball Guide. 

The leading Base Ball 
annual of the country, and 
the official authority of 
the game. Contains the 
official playing: rules, with 
an explanatory index; of the 
rules compiled by Mr. A. G. 
Spalding; pictures of all 
the teams in the National, 
American and minor leagues ; re- 
views of the season; college Base Ball, 
and a great deal of interesting in- 
formation. Price 10 cents. 

No. 1A — Spalding's Official 
Base Ball Record. 

Something new in Base Ball. Con- 
tains records of all kinds from the be- 
ginning of the National League and 
official averages of all professional or- 
ganizations for past season. Illustrated 
with pictures of leading teams and 
players. Price 10 cents. 

No. 202— How to Play Base 
Ball. 

Edited by Tim Murnane. New and 
revised edition. Illustrated with pic- 
tures showing how all the various 
curves and drops are thrown and por- 
traits of leading players. Price 10 cents. 

No. 223— How to Bat. 

There is no better way of becoming 
a proficient batter than by reading this 
book and practising the directions. 
Numerous illustrations. Price 10 cents. 



No. 232— How to Ran the 

Bases. 

This book gives clear and concise 
directions for excelling as a base run- 
ner; tells when to run and when not to 
do so; how and when to slide; team 
work on the bases; in fact, every point 
of the game is thoroughly explained. 
Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 

No. 230— How to Pitch. 

A new, up-to-date book. Its contents 
are the practical teaching of men who 
have reached the top as pitchers, and 
who know how to impart a knowledge 
of their art. All the big leagues' 
pitchers are shown. Price 10 cents. 



No. 229— How to Catch. 

Every boy who has hopes of being a 
clever catcher should read how well- 
known players cover their position. 
Pictures of all the noted catchers in 
the big leagues. Price 10 cents. 

No. 225— How to Play First 
Base. 

Illustrated with pictures of all the 
prominent first basemen. Price 10 cents. 

No. 226— How to Play Second 
Base. 

The ideas of the best second basemen 
have been incorporated in this book for 
the especial benefit of boys who want 
to know the fine points of play at this 
point of the diamond. Price 10 cents. 

No. 227— How to Play Third 
Base. 

Third base is, in some respects, the 
most important of the infield. All the 
points explained. Price 10 cents. 

No. 22S— How to Play Short- 
stop. 

Shortstop is one of the hardest posi- 
tions on the infield to fill, and quick 
thought and quick action are necessary 
for a player who expects to make good 
as a shortstop. Illus. Price 10 cents. 

No. 224— How to Play the 
Outfield. 

An invaluable guide for the out- 
fielder. Price 10 cents. 

No. 231 — How to Coach; How 
to Captain a Team; How 
to Manage a Team; How 
to Umpire; How to Or- 
ganize a League; Tech' 
nical Terms of Base Ball. 
A useful guide. Price 10 cents. 

No . 219— Ready Reckoner of 
Base Ball Percentages. 

To supply a demand for a book wh ich 
would show the percentage of clubs 
without recourse to thearduous work of 
figuring, the publishers had these tables 
compiled by an expert. Price 10 cents^ 

BASK BALL. AUXILIARIES. 

No. 319— Minor League Base 
Ball Guide. 

The minors' own guide. Edited by 
President T. H. Murnane, of the New 
England League. Price 10 cents. 



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No. 320— Official Handbook 
of tlie National League 
of Professional Base Ball 
Clubs. 

Contains the Constitution, By-Laws, 
Official Rules, Averages, and schedule 
of the National League for the current 
year, together with list of club officers 
and reports of the annual meetings of 
the League. Price 10 cents. 

f 

No. 321— Official Handbook 
National Playground Ball 
Association. 

This game is specially adapted for 
playgrounds, parks, etc., is spreading 
rapidly. The book contains a descrip- 
tion of the game, rules and list of 
officers. Price 10 cents. 



Group n. Foot Ball 

No. 2— Spalding's Official 
Foot Ball Guide. 

Edited by Walter Camp. 
I Contains the new rules, 
1 with diagram of field; All- 
I America teams as selected 
I by the leading authorities; 
I reviews of the game from 
■ various sections of the 
I country; scores; pictures, 
i Price 10 cents. 



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No. 334— Code of the Foot 
Ball Rules. 

This book is meant for the use of 
officials, to help them to refresh their 
memories before a game and to afford 
them a quick means of ascertaining a 
point during a game. It also gives a 
ready means of finding a rule in the 
Official Rule Book, and is of great help 
to a player in studying the Rules. 
Compiled by C. W. Short, Harvard, 1908. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 324— How to Play Foot 
Ball. 

Edited by Walter Camp, of Yale. 
Everything that a beginner wants to 
know and many points that an expert 
will be glad to learn. Snapshots of 
leading teams and players in action, 
with comments by Walter Camp. 
Price 10 cents. 



a*,,.'""" Soccer 



No. 2A— Spalding's Official 
Association Soccer Foot 
Ball Guide. 
A complete and up-to-I 

date guide to the ' 'Soccer" | 

game in the United States, 

containing instructions for I 

playing the game, official! 

rules, and interesting! 

news from all parts of the I 

country. Illustrated. Price | 

10 cents. 

No. 286— How to Play Soc- 
cer. 

How each position should be played, 
written by the best player in England 
in his respective position, and illus- 
trated with full-page photographs of 
players in action. Price 10 cents. 

FOOT BALL AUXILIARIES. 

No. 33 2— Spalding's Official 
Canadian Foot Ball 
Guide. 

The official book of the game in Can- 
ada. Price 10 cents. 

No. 335— Spalding's Official 
Rugby Foot Ball Guide. 

Contains the official rules under 
which the game is played in England 
and by the California schools and col- 
leges. Also instructions for playing 
the various positions on a team. Illus- 
trated with action pictures of leading 
teams and players. Price 10 cents. 



Group III. Cricket 

No. 3— Spalding's Official 
Cricket Guide. 

The most complete year 
book of the game that has 
ever been published in 
America. Reports of 
special matches, official 
rules and pictures of all 
the leading teams. Price 
10 cents. 

No. 277— Cricket; and How 
to Play it. 

By Prince Ranjitsinhji. The game 
described concisely and illustrated with 
full-page pictures posed especially tow 
this book. Price 10 cents. 




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Group IV. 



Lawn 
Tennis 




Group VI. Hockey 



No. 4— Spalding's Official 
Lawn Tennis Annual. 

Contents include reports 
I of all important tourna- 
ments; official ranking 
from 1885 to date; laws of 
lawn tennis; instructions 
for handicapping; deci- 
sions on doubtful points; 
management of tourna- 
I ments; directory of clubs; 
laying out and keeping a court. Illus- 
trated. Price 10 cents. 

No. 157— How to Piay Lawn 

Tennis. 

A complete description of lawn ten- 
nis; a lesson for beginners and direc- 
tions telling how to make the most im- 
portant strokes. Illustrated. Price 
10 cents. 



No. 279— Strokes and Science 
of Lawn Tennis. 

By P. A. Vaile, a leading authority 
on the game in Great Britain. Every 
stroke in the game is accurately illus- 
trated and analyzed by the author. 
Price 10 cents. 



Group V. Golf 

No. 5— Spaldingr's Official 
Golf Gnide. 

Contains records of all __ 
important tournaments, Kg tf^U^g a 
articles on the game in H'- HBc>l 
various sections of the - - 
country, pictures of prom- 1 
inent players, official play- 
ing rules and general 
items of interest. Price 
10 cents. 

No. 276— How to Play Golf. 

By James Braid and Harry Vardon, 
the world's two greatest players tell 
how they play the game, with numer- 
ous full-page pictures of them taken 
n the links. Price 10 cents. 



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No. 6— Spalding's Official Ice 
Hockey Gnide. 

The official year book of 
the game. Contains the 
official rules, pictures of 
leading teams and players, 
records, review of the 
season, reports from dif" 
ferent sections of the 
United States and Canada. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 304— How to Play Ice 

Hockey. 
Contains a description of the duties 
of each player. Illustrated. Price 10 
cents. 

No. 154— Field Hockey. 

Prominent in the sports at Vassar, 
Smith, Wellesley, Bryn Mawr and other 
leading colleges. Price 10 cents. 

No. 188 — Lawn Hockey, 
Parlor Hockey, Garden 
Hockey. 
Containing the rules for each game. 

Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 

No. 180— Ring Hockey. 

A new game for the gymnasium. 
Exciting as basket ball. Price 10 cents. 

HOCKEY AUXILIARY. 

No. 256— Official Handbook 
of the Ontario Hockey 
Association. 

Contains the official rules of the 
Association, constitution, rules of com- 
petition, list of officers, and pictures of 
leading players. Price 10 cents. 



Group VII. 



Basket 
Ball 



No. 7— Spalding's Official 
Basket Ball Gnide. 

Edited by George T. i 
Hepbron. Contains the 
revised official rules, de- 
cisions on disputed points, 
records of prominent 
teams, reports on the game 
from various parts of the 
country. Illustrated. Price | 
10 cents. 



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No. 193— How to Play Basket 
Ball. 

By G. T. Hepbron, editor of the 
Official Basket Ball Guide. Illustrated 
with scenes of action. Price 10 cents. 

No. 318— Official Basket Ball 
Guide for Women. 

Edited by Miss Senda Berenson, of 
Smith College. Contains the official 
playing rules and special articles on 
the game by prominent authorities. 
Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 



BASKET BALL 
No. 323— Collegiate 



AUXILIARY. 
Basket 
Ball Handbook. 

The official publication of the Colle- 
giate Basket Ball Association. Con- 
tains the official rules, records, All- 
America selections, reviews, and pic- 
tures. Edited by H. A. Fisher, of 
Columbia. Price 10 cents. 



Group VIII. Bowling 

No. 8— Spalding's Official 
Bowling Gnide. 

I The contents include: 
diagrams of effective de- 
liveries; hints to begin- 
ners; how to score; official 
rules; spares, how they 
are made; rules for cocked 
hat, quintet, cocked hat 
and feather, battle game, 
I etc. Price 10 cents. 




Group IX. 



Indoor 
Base Ball 



No. 9— Spalding's Official In- 
door Base Ball Gnide. 

America's national game 
is now vieing with other 
indoor games as a winter 
pastime. This book con- 
tains the playing rules, 
pictures of leading teams, 
and interesting articles on 
the game by leading au- 
thorities on the subject. 
Price 10 cenl:;. 




Group X. 

No. 10— Spalding's 
Official Roller 
Polo Gnide. 

Edited by J. C. Morse. 
A full description of the 
game; official rules, re- 
cords; pictures of promi- 
nent players. Price 10 cents 



Polo 



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Roller Polo 



No. 129— Water Polo. 

The contents of this book treat of 
every detail, the individual work of the 
players, the practice of the team, how 
to throw the ball, with illustrations and 
many valuable hints. Price 10 cents. 



No. 199— Equestrian Polo. 

Compiled by H. L. Fitzpa trick of the 
New York Sun. Illustrated with por- 
traits of leading players, and contains 
most useful information for polo play- 
ers. Price 10 cents. 



_ „ T Miscellane- 
GroupXI. ous Games 

No. 201— Lacrosse, 

Every position is thoroughly ex- 
plained in a most simple and concise 
manner, rendering it the best manual 
of the game ever published. Illus- 
trated with numerous snapshots of im- 
portant plays. Price 10 cents. 

No. 322— Official Handbook 
IT. S. Inter-Collegiate La- 
crosse League. 

Contains the constitution, by-laws, 
playing rules, list of officers and records 
of the association. Price 10 cents. 

No. 271— Spalding's Official 
Roque Gnide. 

The official publication of the Na- 
tional Roque Association of America. 
Contains a description of the courts 
and their construction, diagrams, illus- 
trations, rules and valuable informa- 
tion. Price 10 cents. 



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No. 138— Spalding's Official 
Croquet Guide 

Contains directions for playing, dia- 
grams of important strokes, description 
of grounds, instructions for the begin 
ner, terms used in the game, and the 
official playing rules. Price 10 cents. 

No. 24S— Arcnery. 

A new and up-to-date book on this 
fascinating pastime. The several 
varieties of archery; instructions for 
shooting; how to select implements; 
how to score; and a great deal of inter- 
esting information. Illustrated. Price 
10 cents. 

No. 194 — Racquets, Squash- 
Racquets and Court Ten- 
nis. 

How to play each game is thoroughly 
explained, and all the difficult strokes 
shown by special photographs taken 
especially for this book. Contains the 
official rules for each game. Price 10 
cents. 

No. 167— Quoits. 

Contains a description of the plays 
used by experts and the official rules. 
Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 

No. 170— Push Ball. 

This book contains the official rules 
and a sketch of the game; illustrated. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 13— How to Play Hand 
Ball. 

By the world's champion, Michael 
Egan. Every play is thoroughly ex- 
plained by text and diagram. Illus- 
trated. Price 10 cents. 

No. 14— Curling-. 

A short history of this famous Scot- 
tish pastime, with instructions for 
play, rules of the game, definitions of 
terms and diagrams of different shots. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 207— Bowling: on the 
Green; or, Lawn Bowls. 

How to construct a green; how to 
play the game, and the official rules 
of the Scottish Bowling Association. 
Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 




No. 189— Children's Games. 

These games are intended for use at 
recesses, and all but the team games 
have been adapted to large classes. 
Suitable for children from three to 
eight years, and include a great variety. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 188— Lawn Games. 

Lawn Hockey, Garden Hockey, Hand 
Tennis, Tether Tennis; also Volley 
Ball, Parlor Hockey, Badminton, Bas- 
ket Goal. Price 10 cents. 



Group XII. Athletics 

No. 12— Spalding's Official 
Athletic Almanac. 

Compiled by J. E. Sulli- 1 
van, President of the Ama- 
teur Athletic Union. The 
only annual publication 
now issued that contains 
a complete list of amateur I 
best-on-records; intercol- 
legiate, swimming, inter- L_ 
scholastic, English, Irish, Scotch, 
Swedish, Continental, South African, 
Australasian; numerous photos of in- 
dividual athletes and leading athletic 
teams. Price 10 cents. 

No. 27— College Athletics. 

M. C. Murphy, the well-known ath- 
letic trainer, now with Pennsylvania, 
the author of this book, has written it 
especially for the schoolboy and college 
man, but it is invaluable for the athlete 
who wishes to excel in any branch of 
athletic sport; profusely illustrated. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 182— Ail-Around Ath- 
letics. 

Gives in full the method of scoring 
the Ail-Around Championship; how to 
train for the Ail-Around Champion- 
ship. Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 

\o. 15«— Athlete's Guide. 

Full instructions for the beginner, 
telling how to sprint, hurdle, jump and 
throw weights, general hints on train- 
ing; valuable advice to beginners and 
important A. A. U. rules and their ex. 
planations, while the pictures comprise 
many scenes of champions in action, 
» Price 10 cents. 



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No. 273— The Olympic Games 
at Athens. 

A complete account of the Olympic 
Games of 1906, at Athens, the greatest 
International Athletic Contest ever 
held. Compiled by J. E. Sullivan, 
Special United States Commissioner to 
the Olympic Games. Price 10 cents. 

No. 87— Athletic Primer. 

Edited by J. E. Sullivan, Ex-President 
of the Amateur Athletic Union. Tells 
how to organize an athletic club, how 
to conduct an athletic meeting, and 
gives rules for the government of ath- 
letic meetings; contents also include 
directions for laying out athletic 
grounds, and a very instructive article 
on training. Price 10 cents. 

No. 252— How to Sprint. 

Every athlete who aspires to be a 
sprinter can study this book to advan- 
tage. Price 10 cents. 

No. 255— How to Run 100 
Yards. 

By J. W. Morton, the noted British 
champion. Many of Mr. Morton's 
methods of training are novel to 
American athletes, but his success is 
the best tribute to their worth. Illus- 
trated. Price 10 cents. 

No. 174 — Distance and Cross- 
Country Running. 

By George Orton, the famous Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania runner. The 
quarter, half, mile, the longer dis- 
tances, and cross-country running and 
steeplechasing, with instructions for 
training; pictures of leading athletes 
in action, with comments by the editor. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 259— Weight Throwing. 

Probably no other man in the world 
has had the varied and long experience 
of James S. Mitchel, the author, in the 
weight throwing department of ath- 
letics. The book gives valuable infor- 
mation not only for the novice, but for 
the expert as well. Price 10 cents. 

No. 246— Athletic Training 
for Schoolboys. 

By Geo. W. Orton. Each event in the 
Intercollegiate programme is treated 
of separately. Price 10 cents. 



No. 55— Official Sporting 
Rules. 

Contains rules not found in other 
publications for the government of 
many sports; rules for wrestling, 
shuffleboard, snowshoeing, profes- 
sional racing, pigeon shooting, dog 
racing, pistol and revolver shooting, 
British water polo rules, Rugby foot 
ball rules. Price 10 cents. 



ATHLETIC AUXILIARIES. 
No. 311— Official Handbook: 
of the A.A.U. 

The A. A. U. is the governing body 
of athletes in the United States of 
America, and all games must be held 
under its rules, which are exclusively 
published in this handbook, and a copy 
should be in the hands of every athlete 
and every club officer in America. 
Price 10 cents. 



No. 316— Official Intercolle- 
giate A.A.A.A. Handbook:. 

Contains constitution, by-laws, and 
laws of athletics; records from 1876 to 
date. Price 10 cents. 



No. 30S— Official Handbook 
New York Intersckol- 
astic Athletic Associa- 
tion. 

Contains the Association's records, 
constitution and by-laws and other 
information. Price 10 cents. 



No. 302— Official Y.M.C.A. 
Handbook. 

Contains the official rules governing 
all sports under the jurisdiction of the 
Y. M. C. A., official Y. M. C. A. scoring 
tables, pentathlon rules, pictures of 
leading Y. M. C. A. athletes. Price 
10 cents. 



No. 313— Official Handbook 
of the Public Schools 
Athletic League. 

Edited by Dr. C. Ward Cramp ton. 
director of physical education in the 
Public Schools of Greater New York 
Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 



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No. 314— Official Handbook 
Girls' Branch of the 
Public Schools Athletic 
League. 

The official publication. Contains: 
constitution and by-laws, list of offi- 
cers, donors, founders, life and annual 
members, reports and illustrations. 
Price 10 cents. 



No. 331— Schoolyard Ath- 
letics. 

By J. E. Sullivan, Ex-President Ama- 
teur Athletic Union and member of 
Board of Education of Greater New 
York. An invaluable handbook for 
the teacher and the pupil. Gives a 
systematic plan for conducting school 
athletic contests and instructs how to 
prepare for the various events. Illus- 
trated. Price 10 cents. 



No. 317— Marathon Running. 

A new and up-to-date book on this 
popular pastime. Contains pictures 
of the leading Marathon runners, 
methods of training, and best times 
made in various Marathon events. 
Price 10 cents. 

Group XIII. Athletic 
Accomplishments 

No. 177— How to Swim, 

Will interest the expert as well as 
the novice; the illustrations were made 
from photographs especially posed, 
showing the swimmer in clear water; 
a valuable feature is the series of 
"land drill " exercises for the beginner. 
Price 10 cents. 



No. 296— Speed Swimming. 

By Champion C. M. Daniels of the 
New York Athletic Club team, holder 
of numerous American records, and the 
best swimmer in America qualified to 
write on the subject. Any boy should 
be able to increase his speed in the 
water after reading Champion Daniels' 
instructions on the subject. Price 10 
cento. 



No. 128— How to Row. 

By E. J. Giannini, of the New York 
Athletic Club, one of America's most 
famous amateur oarsmen and cham- 
pions. Shows how to hold the oars, 
the finish of the stroke and other valu- 
able information. Price 10 cents. 

No. 23— Canoeing. 

Paddling, sailing, cruising and rac- 
ing canoes and their uses; with hints 
on rig and management; the choice of 
a canoe; sailing canoes, racing regula- 
tions; canoeing and camping. Fully 
illustrated. Price 10 cents. 

No. 209— How to Become a 
Skater. 

Contains advice for beginners; how 
to become a figure skater, showing how 
to do all the different tricks of the best 
figure skaters. Pictures of prominent 
skaters and numerous diagrams. Price 
10 cents. 

No. 282— Official Roller Skat- 
ing- Guide. 
Directions for becoming a fancy and 
trick roller skater, and rules for roller 
skating. Pictures of prominent trick 
skaters in action. Price 10 cents. 

No. 178— How to Train for 

Bicycling. 

Gives methods of the best riders 
when training for long or short distance 
races; hints on training. Revised and 
up-to-date in every particular. Pries 
10 cents. 



Group XIV. Sports 

No. 140— Wrestling. 

Catch-as-catch-can style. Seventy 
illustrations of the different holds, pho- 
tographed especially and so described 
that anybody can with little effort learn 
every one. Price 10 cents. 

No. 18 — Fencing. 

By Dr. Edward Breck, of Boston, 
editor of The Swordsman, a promi- 
nent amateur fencer. A book that has 
stood the test of time, and is universally 
acknowledged to be a standard *"*o*k. 
Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 



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No. 162— Boxing; Guide. 

Contains over 70 pages of illustrations 
showing all the latest blows, posed 
especially for this book under the super- 
vision of a well-known instructor of 
boxing, who makes a specialty of teach- 
ing and knows how to impart his 
knowledge. Price 10 cents. 



No. 165— The Art of Fencing: 

By Regis and Louis Senac, of New 
York, famous instructors and leading 
authorities on the subject. Gives in 
detail how every move should be made. 
Price 10 cents. 



No. 236— How to Wrestle. 

The most complete and up-to-date 
book on wrestling ever published. 
Edited by F. R. Toombs, and devoted 
principally to special poses and illustra- 
tions by George Hackenschmidt. the 
" Russian Lion/' Price 10 cents. 



No. 102— Ground Tumbling:. 

Any boy, by reading this book and 
following the instructions, can become 
proficient. Price 10 cents. 



No. 280— Tumbling; for Ama- 
teurs. 

Specially compiled for amateurs by 
Dr. James T. Gwathmey. Every variety 
of the pastime explained by text and 
pictures, over 100 different positions 
being shown. Price 10 cents. 



No. ±91— How to Punch tbe 

Bag:. 

The best treatise on bag punching 
that has ever been printed. Every va- 
riety of blow used in training is shown 
and explained, with a chapter on fancy 
bag punching by a well-known theatri- 
cal bag puncher. Price 10 cents, 



No. 200— Dumb-Bella. 

The best work on dumb-bells that 
has ever been offered. By Prof. G. 
Bojus, of New York. Contains 200 
photographs. Should be in the hands 
of every teacher and pupil of physical 
culture, and is invaluable for home 
exercise. Price 10 cents. 



No. 143— Indian Clubs and 
Dumb-Bells. 

By America's amateur champion club 
swinger, J. H. Dougherty. It is clearly 
illustrated, by which any novice can 
become an expert. Price 10 cents. 

No. 262— Medicine Ball Ex- 
ercises. 

A series of plain and practical exer- 
cises with the medicine ball, suitable 
for boys and girls, business and profes- 
sional men, in and out of gymnasium. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 29— Pulley Weigrbt Exer- 
cises. 

By Dr. Henry S. Anderson, instructor 
in heavy gymnastics Yale gymnasium. 
In conjunction with a chest machine 
anyone with this book can become 
perfectly developed. Price 10 cents. 

No. 233— Jiu Jitsu. 

Each move thoroughly explained and 
illustrated with numerous full-page 
pictures of Messrs. A. Minami and K, 
Koyama, two of the most famous ex- 
ponents of the art of Jiu Jitsu, who 
posed especially for this book. Price 
10 cents. 

No. 166— How to Swing; In- 
dian Clubs. 

By Prof. E. B. Warman. By follow- 
ing the directions carefully anyone can 
become an expert. Price 10 cents. 

No. 326— Professional Wrest- 
ling;. 

A book devoted to the catch-as-catch- 
can style; illustrated with half-tone 
pictures showing the different holds 
used by Frank Gotch, champion catch- 
as-catch-can wrestler of the world. 
Posed by Dr. Roller and Charles Postl. 
By Ed. W. Smith, Sporting Editor of 
the Chicago American. Price 10 cents. 



Group XV. Gymnastics 

No. 104— Tbe Grading: of 
Gymnastic Exercises. 

By G. M. Martin. A book that should 
be in the hands of every physical direc- 
tor of the Y. M. C. A., school, club, col- 
lege, etc. Price 10 cent?. 



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No. 214— Graded Calisthen- 
ics and Dumb- Bell Drills. 

For years it has been the custom in 
most gymnasiums of memorizing: a set 
drill, which was never varied. Conse- 
quently the beginner was given the 
same kind and amount as the older 
member. «With a view to giving uni- 
formity the present treatise is at- 
tempted. Price 10 cents. 

No. 254— Barnjnm Bar Bell 
Drill. 

Edited by Dr. R. Tait McKenzie, 
Director Physical Training, University 
of Pennsylvania. Profusely illustrated. 
Price 10 cents. 

No. 158 — Indoor and Ontdoor 
Gymnastic Games. 

A book that will prove valuable to in- 
door and outdoor gymnasiums, schools, 
outings and gatherings where there 
are a number to be amused. Price 10 
cents. 

No. 124— How to Become a 
Gymnast. 

By Robert Stoll, of the New York 
A. C., the American champion on the 
flying rings from 1885 to 1892. Any boy 
can easily become proficient with a 
little practice. Price 10 cents. 

No. 287— Fancy Dumb Bell 
and Marching Drills. 

All concede that games and recreative 
exercises during the adolescent period 
are preferable to set drills and monoton- 
ous movements. These drills, while de- 
signed primarily for boys, can be used 
successfully with girls and men and 
women. Profusely illustrated. Price 
10 cents. 

No. 327— Pyramid Building 
Without Apparatus. 

By W. J. Cromie, Instructor of 
Gymnastics, University of Pennsyl- 
vania. With illustrations showing 
many different combinations. This 
book should be in the hands of all gym- 
nasium instructors. Price 10 Cents. 

No. 5528 — Exercises on the 
Parallel Bars. 

By W. J. Cromie. Every gymnast 
should procure a copy of this book. 
Illustrated with cuts showing many 
novel exercises. Price 10 cents. 



No. 329— Pyramid Building 
with Chairs, Wands and 
Ladders. 

By W. J. Cromie. Illustrated with 
half-tone photopraphs showing many 
interesting combinations. Price 10 
cents. 



GYMNASTIC AUXILIARY. 
No. 333— Official Handbook 
Inter-Collegiate Associa- 
tion Amateur Gymnasts 
of America. 

Edited by P. R. Carpenter, Physical 
Director Amherst College. Contains 
pictures of leading teams and individual 
champions, official rules governing con- 
tests, records. Price 10 cents. 



Group XVI. culture * 

No. 161— Ten Minutes' Exer- 
cise for Busy Men. 

By Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick, Direc- 
tor of Physical Training in the New 
York Public Schools. A concise and 
complete course of physical education. 
Price 10 cents. 



No. 208— Physical Education 
and Hygiene. 

This is the fifth of the Physical 
Training series, by Prof. E. B. Warman 
(see Nos. 142, 149. 166. 185 213. 261. 290.) 
Price 10 cents. 



No. 149— The Care of the Body. 

A book that all who value health 
should read and follow its instructions. 
By Prof. E. B. Warman, the well-known 
lecturer and authority on physical cul- 
ture. Price 10 cents. 



No. 142— Physical Train!** 

Simplified. 

By Prof. E. B. Warman. A complete, 
thorough and practical book where the 
whole man is considered — brain and 
body. Price 10 cent", 



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No. 185— Health Hints. 

By Prof. E. B. Warman. Health in- 
fluenced by insulation; health influ- 
enced by underwear; health influenced 
by color; exercise. Price 10 cents. 



No. 213—285 Health Answers. 

By Prof. E. B. Warman. Contents: 
ventilating a bedroom; ventilating a 
house; how to obtain pure air; bathing; 
salt water baths at home; a substitute 
for ice water; to cure insomnia, etc., 
etc. Price 10 cents. 



No. 238— Muscle Building. 

By Dr. L. H. Gulick. A complete 
treatise on the correct method of 
acquiring strength. Illustrated. Price 
10 cents. 



No. 234— School Tactics and 
Maze Running. 

A series of drills for the use of schools. 
Edited by Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick. 
Price 10 cents. 



No. 261— Tensing Exercises. 

By Prof. E. B. Warman. The "Ten- 
sing" or "Resisting" system of mus- 
cular exercises is the most thorough, 
the most complete, the most satisfac- 
tory, and the most fascinating of sys- 
tems. Price 10 cents. 



No. 285— Health; by Mnsem- 
lar Gymnastics. 

With hints on right living. By W. J, 
Cromie. If one will practice the exer- 
cises and observe the hints therein 
contained, he will be amply repaid foi 
so doing. Price 10 cents. 

No. 288— Indigestion Treated 
by Gymnastics 

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SPALDING ATHLETIC LIBRARY 
Group XIV. : : : No. 200 

DUMB BELL 
EXERCISES 

By 

Prof. Gustav Herrman Boms 













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NEW YORK 

AMERICAN SPORTS PUBLISHING CO. 

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Copyright, 1910 

BY 

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DUMB BELL EXERCISES 



IT is hoped that the following pages will prove a 
useful guide for home exercise as well as for 
school use. The movements are interesting in 
character and so should help to overcome the usual 
monotony of home training. Because of their variety, 
it is quite possible to secure the health and develop- 
ment of the whole body, if the movements are regu- 
larly and vigorously practiced. It has been the aim 
to use simple and concise language in describing the 
exercises, but the illustrations will aid further in 
showing just how the movements are made. Good 
form is most important in securing good results, so 
that great care should be given to this matter. 

The series is by no means complete, nor even largely 
original, so that it is not adequate for school work. 
It should, however, prove suggestive to those teaching 
physical training and the combinations which are 
new, as well as much of the work for women, will, 
no doubt, be acceptable. 

GUSTAV HERRMAN BOJUS. 



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STARTING POSITIONS FOR DUMB BELL 
EXERCISES. 

1. Bells on hips — place. (Fig. 1.) 

2. Bells on shoulders— place. 

3. Bells under shoulders— place. (Fig. 2.) 

4. Arms to thrust — bend. (Fig. 3.) 

5. Arms in front of shoulders — fold. (Fig. 4.) 

6. Arms behind back — fold. (Fig. 5.) 

7. Arms in rear of head — fold. (Fig. 6.) 

8. Bells on shoulders, vertically— place. 
(Fig. 7.) 

9. Arms upwards in front of shoulders, 
knuckles turned to the front — bend. 
(Fig. 8.) 

10. Arms upward and outward, palms turned 
to the front — bend. (Fig. 9.) 



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SERIES I 

Arm and Leg Movements. 
To Increase Respiration and Circulation. 
1. Double arm circles outward; inward; sideways, 
left; and sideways, right. (Figs. 10, 11, 12.) 

Each circle is made in one count. For the out- 
ward arm circle, the arms are drawn inward at 
the start and cross in front of the body. For the 
inward circle, the direction of the arms is reversed. 
Throughout, the arms should be straight and rigid. 
2a. Run on place; at the same time, hold arms suc- 
cessively in position down at sides, horizontally 
sideways, and upward, returning in reverse order. 
(Figs. 13, 14.) 
b. Raise and lower each knee, alternating left and 
right. Begin vigorously and increase the speed 
to a run. (Figs. 14, 15.) 
3. Thrust arms in various directions from chest: 
forward, upward, sideways, and downward to 
the rear. 



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Jump to stride position, spreading legs either 
sideways or crossways. In the cross stride, ad- 
vance left and right legs alternately. The exer- 
cise may be combined with various arm thrusts 
and movements. (Figs. 16, 17, 18.) 
Swing arms sideways upward, striking bells above 
head, swing arms sideways downward, striking 
bells behind the hips and alternate. (Figs. 19, 20 J 



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SERIES II. 

For the starting position raise arms forward, level 
with shoulders. 

1. Bend trunk forward and move arms sideways— 
return to starting position. (Fig. 21) . 

2. Bend trunk sideways, left or right, and move 
arms sideways — return to starting position. 
(Fig. 22.) 

3. Bend trunk backward and move arms sideways— 
return to starting position. (Fig. 23.) 

4. Bend trunk sideways, left or right, and raise arms 
upward— return to starting position. (Fig. 24.) 

5. Bend trunk backward and fold arms behind head 
—return to starting position. (Fig. 25.) 

6. Twist trunk, left or right, and raise arms upward 
— return to starting position. (Fig. 26.) 

7. Bend trunk forward, swing left arm backward 
and right arm upward — return to starting posi- 
tion. (Fig, 27.) 

Repeat to opposite side. 



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8. Bend trunk sideways, left, raise right arm up- 
ward and move left arm sideways— return to 
starting position, (f ig. 28.) 

Repeat to opposite side. 

9. Bend trunk forward, swing arms backward — 
swing arms upward and bend trunk backward- 
alternate. (Figs. 29, 30.) 



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SERIES III. 

1. Raise both arms and left or right leg side- 
ways, knees straight — return to starting position 
(Fig. 31.) 

2. Raise both arms upward and left or right leg 
forward or backward. (Figs. 32 — 35.) 

3. Raise both arms forward and left or right leg 
backward. (Fig. 33.) 

4. Raise both arms sideways upward and left or 
right leg sideways. (Fig. 34.) 

5a. Lunge forward, left, and raise arms upward, 
with bells vertical — return to starting position. 
(Fig. 36.) 
Repeat to the right and alternating. 
6. Lunge sideways, left, and raise arms sideways, 
with palms facing upward — return to starting 
position. (Fig. 37.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 
c. Lunge backward, left, and place bells on shoul- 
ders — return to starting position. (Fig. 38.) 
Repeat to the right and alternating. 



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fia. Lunge obliquely forward, left, raise left arm ob- 
liquely upward, and extend right arm obliquely 
downward to the rear — return to starting position , 
(Fig. 39.) 
Repeat to the right and alternating. 

6. Lunge obliquely backward, left, raise left arm 
sideways upward, and hold right arm over shoul- 
der — return to starting position. (Fig. 40.) 
Repeat to the right and alternating. 

c. Lunge sideways, left, raise the right arm upward 
and the left on shoulder, bell vertical — return to 
starting position. (Fig. 41.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

d. Lunge obliquely forward, left, raise the right arm 
sideways, and place left on head, bell vertical. 
(Fig. 42.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

e. Lunge obliquely forward inward, left in front of 
right, raise the right arm obliquely forward up- 
ward, and the left arm obliquely backword. 
(Fig. 43.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 



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/. Lunge obliquely backward inward, left behind 
the right, raise the left arm obliquely upward- 
and place the right behind the back. (Fig. 44.) 
Repeat to the right and alternating. 

g. Lunge sideways, left, raise the right arm side- 
ways obliquely downward, and place the left over 
right shoulder. (Fig. 45.) 
Repeat to the right and alternating. 



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SERIES IV. 

At the start, take a side stride position. Place bells 
on hips for the first exercise and on shoulders for the 
last three exercises. 

1. Bend left knee, extend left arm sideways, and 
bend trunk so as to touch bell to floor — return to 
first position. (Fig. 46.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. Repeat 
throughout, touching both bells to left or right 
side. 

2. Bend left knee, touch left bell to floor at side, 
and extend right arm vertically upward— return 
to first position. 

Repeat to the right. 

3. Bend left knee, bend trunk to the right, and ex- 
tend arms sideways — return to first position. 
(Fig. 47.) 

Repeat to the right. 

4. Bend trunk forward and swing bells downward 
between legs — raise bells and trunk, turn left, 



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bend backward, and place bells on shoulders ver- 
tically—repeat, twisting trunk to the right. (Figs. 
48, 49.) 

5. Same as exercise No. 4. Turn trunk to left and 
swing both arms over left shoulder, repeat, twis- 
ting trunk to the right. (Fig. 495.) 



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SERIES V. 

At the start bend knees deep, raise heels, and hold 
bells on floor before line of toes. (Fig. 50.) 

1. Extend left leg sideways and return. (Fig. 51.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

2. Extend left leg and both arms sideways and re- 
turn. (Fig. 52.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

3. Jump to side stride position and return, holding 
bells on floor. (Fig. 53.) 

4. Extend left leg backward and return. (Fig. 54.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

5. Extend left leg backward and left arm forward 
—return to first position. (Fig. 55.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

6. Extend both legs backward and return to first 
position. (Fig. 56.) 

7. With body in forward leaning position, raise and 
lower left leg. (Fig. 57.) 

Repeat with right leg and alternating. 



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8. Hold forward leaning position and raise left arm 
vertically upward — lower left arm and repeat to 
the right. (Fig. 58.) 

From Figure 50 extend both legs sideways left 
and return. (Fig. 59.) 
Repeat to right and alternating. 
10. Hold forward leaning rest position, bend and 
straighten arms (dip) a number of times keeping 
body rigid. (Fig. 60 o ) 



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SERIES VI. 

Abdominal Exercises. 
At the start take seat on floor, extend legs forward 
and place bells on hips. (Figs. 61, 62.) 

1. Bend left or right knee upward to trunk and re- 
turn. (Fig. 63.) 

Alternate and bend both knees. 

2. Bend left or right knee upward and extend arms 
forward or sideways — straighten knee and place 
bells on hips. (Figs. 64—66.) 

Repeat with both knees. 

3. Raise and lower left leg. Repeat with right leg. 
(Fig. 67.) 

For this exercise the bells may be held on floor 
at sides. 

4. Raise left leg upward and extend arms sideways 
— lower left leg and place bells on hips. (Fig. 68. ) 

Repeat to the right. 

5. Raise both legs upward — lower legs. (Fig. 69.) 

6. Move left leg sideways and return. (Fig. 70.) 



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Repeat with right leg and both legs. (Fig. 70.) 
Repeat, and extend arms sideways or forwards 
and return. (Fig. 70.) 

7. Cross left leg over right and bend knee upward^* 
return. (Fig. 71.) 

Repeat with right leg and both legs. 

At the start raise arms upward. Cross left leg 
over right, bending knee upward and fold arms 
behind head — return left leg and extend arms 
upward. (Fig. 71.) 

Repeat with right leg and both legs. 

8. Placing bells on floor in rear, raise body to back- 
ward rest position — return to sitting position. 
(Fig. 72.) 

Repeat and raise left or right leg upward. 
(Fig. 73.) 

Rest on back in prone position and extend arms 
on floor above head. (Fig. 74.) 

9. Raise left leg and arms upright — return. (Fig. 75. ) 

Repeat with right leg and both legs and raise 
arms upward. (Figs. 76, 77.) 

10. Rise to sitting position and hold arms upright- 
return to first position. 



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11. At the start rest in prone position and hold arms 
upright— lower arms sideways and bend knees 
upward— return to first position. (Fig. 78.) 

12. At the start rest in prone position, bend arms and 
knees upward (Fig. 79), extend legs and raise 
arms upward (Fig. 80)— return to first position. 

13. In prone position, hold arms at sides — raise left 
leg upright and left arm backward — return to first 
position. (Fig. 81.) 

Repeat to the right side and with both legs 
and arms. 

14. In prone position, hold arms over head, bend the 
right knee upward, change and bend the left knee 
upward and extend the right leg. Repeat, alter- 
nating. (Fig. 82.) 

15. In prone position, raise legs and arms upward— 
lower arms sideways and stride the legs sideways 
— return to first position. (Fig. 83.) 

16. In prone position, raise left, right or both legs 
upward and circle to left and right. 



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SERIES VII. 

Fixed Starting Positions. 
The starting position of each exercise is indicated at 
the outset. The exercise consists in changing from 
this position to the second position given and return. 
Each movement may be repeated a number of times 
with proper rest periods to relieve fatigue. 

1. Lunge forward, left, and raise arms upward, 
bending wrists forward (Fig. 84), reverse lunge 
position and lower arms sideways, turning palms 
to the front (Fig. 85), return to first position— 
Return to starting position. 

2. Lunge backward, left, and raise arms upward 
(Fig. 86), reverse lunge position, bend trunk for- 
ward and click bells between legs (Fig. 87), re- 
turn to first position— return to starting position. 

3. Lunge sideways, left, and raise arms sideways 
(see Fig. 37), reverse lunge position and click bells 
behind head (Fig. 88), return to first position— 
Return to starting position. 



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Lunge obliquely forward, left, raise left arm ob- 
liquely upward and hold right arm obliquely down- 
ward (see Fig. 39), reverse lunge position and 
change position of arms by forcibly swinging 
right arm up and left arm down (Fig. 89), return 
to first position — Return to starting position. 



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SERIES VIII. 

Knee Bending and Arm Movements. 

1. For starting position bend knees below right 
angle and place bells oil shoulders (Fig. 90), 
jump to side stride position and extend arms side- 
ways (see Fig. 17) — return to first position. 

2. Bend knees and raise arms sideways (Fig. 91), 
jump to cross stride position, left foot forward 
and swing arms upward, clicking bells (Fig. 92) 
— return to first position. 

3. Bend knees and raise arms upward (Fig. 93), 
jump to side stride position, bend trunk forward 
and touch bells to floor (Fig. 94) — return to first 
position. 

4. Bend knees and raise arms forward (Fig. 95), 
straighten knees, extend left leg backward, 
balance on right leg and raise arms upward, 
bending wrists forward (Fig. 96)— return to first 
position. 



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On first count bend knees and place bells on hips 
(Fig. 97), lunge forward, left, extend right arm 
downward to rear, and hold left arm over right 
shoulder (see Fig. 45) , kneel on right knee, extend 
left arm sideways and right arm upright (Fig. 98) 
—return to starting position. 

Repeat to opposite side. 
Bend knees and place bells on shoulders (see Fig. 
90), lunge and bend trunk sideways, left, cross left 
arm in front of chest and raise right arm upright 
(Fig. 99), kneel on right knee and fold arms be- 
hind head (Fig. 100) —return to starting position. 

Repeat to opposite side. 



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SERIES IX. 

1. Lay-out step forward, left, and raise arms for- 
ward (Fig. 101), replace foot, move arms side- 
ways and bend sideways, left (see Fig. 22) , lunge 
sideways, left, raise left arm obliquely upward and 
lower right arm obliquely downward (Fig. 102) — 
return to starting position. 

Repeat to opposite side. 

2. Lay-out step sideways, left, and raise arms side- 
ways (Fig. 103), replace foot, move arms forward 
and bend forward (Fig. 104), lunge forward, left, 
and raise arms upward, with bells vertical 
(see Fig. 36) return to starting position. 

Repeat to opposite side. 

3. Raise left leg and arms forward (Fig. 105) , lay-out 
step backward, left, and move arms sideways 
(Fig. 106), lunge sideways, left, raise right arm 
in circle above head, and hold left arm behind 
back (Fig. 107)— return to starting position. 

Repeat to opposite side. 



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4. Raise left leg and arms sideways (see Fig. 31), 
lunge forward, left, and place bells on shoulders 
(Fig. 108), lay-out step backward, left, bend 
trunk forward, and touch bells to floor (Fig. 109) 
—return to starting position. 

Repeat to opposite side. 

5. Take cross step in front with left foot and fold 
arms in front of shoulders (Fig. 110) , lunge side- 
ways, left, and hold arms obliquely at sides, left 
up, right down (see Fig. 102), takon in opposite 
direction, cross lay-out step in rear with left foot, 
place right bell on hip and touch left bell to floor 
(Fig. Ill) — return to starting position. 

Repeat to opposite side. 

6. Raise left leg and arm obliquely forward, up- 
ward, the right arm backward (Fig. 112 in op- 
posite direction) , lunge left obliquely backward 
outward and bend trunk backward, the right 
arm over head, the left behind the back (Fig. 113 
in opposite direction) , reverse lunge position and 
swing the left arm upward, place the right bell 
on floor (Fig. 114 in opposite direction) —return 
to starting position. 

Repeat to opposite side. 



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7 a Raise left sideways and arms oblique sideways 
upward (Fig. 115 in opposite direction), lunge 
sideways left and swing arms down and to right 
side (% arm circle), bend trunk sideways (Fig. 

116 in opposite direction) -raise the left leg side- 
ways and balance on right and swing the left 
arm (/ 2 arm circle) down to oblique position (Fig. 

117 in opposite direction) — return to starting 
position. 

Repeat to opposite side. 
3. Raise left leg sideways and place bells on 
shoulders vertical (Fig. 118) , lay out step posi- 
tion sideways left and bend trunk sideways left, 
extending the left arm upward and place the 
right on hip (Fig. 119) . Lunge obliquely forward 
left, extend the right arm forward upward and 
the left oblique backward (Fig. 120), arm posi- 
tions as in Fig. 43) — return to starting position. 

Repeat to opposite side. 



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SERIES I. 

Exercises For Women, Consisting of Movements 
Suitable for Class and Exhibition Use. 

For the most part, these exercises are performed in 
two counts. For the starting position, the dumb bells 
are placed on the hips. (Fig. Iw.) 

1. Raise left arm to shoulder, with bell vertical and 
palm of hand to the front — return to starting 
position. (Fig. 2w.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

2. Raise left arm over right shoulder—return. 
(Fig. Sw.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

3. Raise left arm in circle above head, with bell 
vertical and resting on head — return. (Fig. Aw.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

4. Extend left arm upward, with bell vertical— 
return. (Fig. 5w.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 



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5. Raise both arms to circle above head, with bells 
vertical and resting on head — return. (Fig. 6w.) 

6. Extend both arms upward with bells vertical- 
return. (Fig. Iw.) 

7. Extend arms forward, horizontally — return. 
(Fig. 8w.) 

8. Extend arms sideways, horizontally — return. 
(Fig. 9w.) 

9. Extend arms backward — return. 

10. Extend left arm forward and raise right arm to 
shoulder— return. (Fig. lOw.) 

Repeat to the opposite side and alternating. 

11. Extend left arm backward and raise right arm 
over left shoulder — return. (Fig. llw.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

12. Raise left arm to circle above head and extend 
right arm sideways— return. (Fig. 12w.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

13. Extend left arm upward and raise right arm to i 
shoulder — return. (Fig. 13w.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

14. Extend left arm sideways and right arm upward 
— return. (Fig. liw.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 



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L5. Extend left arm sideways and raise right arm to 
shoulder — flex left arm to shoulder and extend 
right arm sideways and alternate for several 
counts— return to starting position. (Figs. 15w, 
Vow.) 

L6. Extend left arm upward and raise right arm to 
shoulder— flex left arm to shoulder and extend 
right arm upward and alternate for several counts 
— return to starting position. (Fig. 17 w.) 



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SERIES II. 

L On first count take side step position left and 
raise right arm to circle above head, with bell 
held vertically and resting on crown of head — on 
second count return to starting position. 

Repeat to the right; also alternating left and 
right with both arms held in circle above head. 
(Fig. 18w.) 

2. Take step position forward, left, and raise right 
bell to shoulder, vertically — return to starting 
position. (Fig. 19w.) 

Repeat to the right; also alternating, raising 
both bells to shoulders. 

3. Take step position backward, left, and cross right 
arm in front of body to left shoulder — return to 
starting position. (Fig. 20w.) 

Repeat to the right; also alternate, crossing 
both arms before the body. 

4. Take cross step position in front with left foot 
and extend right arm upward, with bell held ver- 



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tically — return to starting position. (Fig, 21w.) 

Repeat to the right, extending left arm upward. 

Repeat alternating left and right and extend- 
ing both arms upward. 

5. Take step position forward, left, and raise right 
to shoulder, bell vertically — return to starting 
position. (Fig. 22w.) 

6. Take cross step position left in front, and raise 
both arms to shoulders, bells vertically— return 
to starting position. (Fig. 2Sw. ) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 



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SERIES III. 

1. Take side step position left, bending right knee, 
extend left arm sideways and raise right arm to 
circle above head, with bells vertical— return to 
starting position. (Fig. 24w.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

2. Take step position forward, left, bending right 
knee, extend left arm forward horizontally and 
raise right arm to shoulder, both bells being ver- 
tical — return to starting position. (Fig. 25w.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

3. Take step position backward, left, bending right 
knee, cross left arm in front of body to right 
shoulder and extend right arm obliquely back- 
ward — return to starting position. (Fig. 26w.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

4. Take cross step position in front with left foot, 
bending right knee, extend left arm upward and 



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raise right arm to shoulder — return to starting 
position. (Fig. 27w.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 
Take cross step position in rear with left foot, 
bending right knee, extend the right arm upward 
and raise left arm to shoulder— return to starting 
position. (Fig. 2Sw.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 



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SERIES IV. 

1. Bend trunk sideways, right, and raise left arm to 
circle above head — return to starting position. 
(Fig. 29w.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

2. Bend trunk forward and place bells on shoulders 
vertically — return to starting position. (Fig. SOw. ) 

Bend trunk backward and fold arms in front — 
return to starting position. (Fig. Slw.) 
Alternate forward and backward. 

3. Twist trunk to the left, extend left arm upward 
and right arm forward— return to starting posi- 
tion. (Fig. 32w.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

4. Bend trunk sideways, left, take side step position, 
left and raise right arm to circle above head— re- 
turn to starting position. (Fig. 33w.) 

Repeat to the right; also alternate, raising both 
arms to circle above head. * 

5. Bend trunk backward, take step position forward, 
left and fold arms before shoulders — return to 



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starting position. (See Fig. Z\w with step position. ) 
Repeat to the right and alternating. 

6. Bend trunk forward, take step position backward, 
left, raise left bell to shoulder and extend right 
arm sideways, right — return to starting position. 
(Fig. Mw.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

7. Twist trunk left, bending backwards, take cross 
step position in rear with left foot, raise left fore- 
arm horizontally in front of face, and extend right 
arm obliquely backward — return to starting po- 
sition. (Fig. S5w.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

8. Bend trunk forward, take cross step position in 
front with left foot, cross left arm in front of 
body to right shoulder and extend right arm side- 
ways — return to starting position. (Fig. 36w.) 

Repeat to opposite side and alternating. 

In the starting position of the following exercises, the 
dumb bells are placed on the shoulders vertically. 
Whenever the arm is extended from this position, the 
bell is turned by a twist of the hand so as to point in 
the direction which the arm takes. 



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SERIES V. 

lo Charge forward, left, and swing arms downward 
and obliquely backward — return to starting posi- 
tion. (Fig. 37w.) 
Repeat to the right and alternating. 

2. Charge sideways, left, and extend arms vertically 
upward — return to starting position.' (Fig. 38w.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

3. Charge backward, left, and extend arms obliquely 
upward at sides — return to starting position. 
(Fig. 39w.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

4. Charge obliquely forward, left, extend left arm 
upward and right obliquely backward — return to 
starting position. (Fig. 40w.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 



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SERIES VI. 

Combining Leg, Trunk and Arm Movements. 

1. Charge forward, left, bend trunk forward and 
swing arms downward and obliquely backward — 
return to starting position. (See Fig. 37w, but 
bend trunk forward.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

2. Charge and bend trunk sideways, left, swing left 
arm obliquely sideways so that bell touches floor, 
and extend right arm vertically upward — return 
to starting position. (Fig. 41w.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

3. Charge backward, left, bend trunk backward, 
raise right arm horizontally above head, with bell 
vertical, and cross left arm in rear of body — return 
to starting position. (Fig. 42w.) 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

4. Charge obliquely forward, left, bend trunk for- 
ward, extend left arm sideways and hold right 



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arm on shoulder — return to starting position. 
(Fig. 43w, in opposite direction.) 
Repeat to the right and alternating. 

The remaining exercises are performed in four counts. 
At the start, the bells should be held down at the 

sides. 



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SERIES VII. 

1. Raise arms forward (see Fig. 8w) , place bells on 
shoulders vertically (see Fig. 19w), extend arms 
sideways (see Fig. 9^)— return to starting posi- 
tion. 

2. Raise arms sideways, with bells horizontal (see 
Fig. 9w), place bells on shoulders (see Fig. 19w), 
extend arms upwards (see Fig. 7w) — return to 
starting position. 

3. Raise arms forward and bend knees (Fig. 44w), 
place bells on shoulders, straighten knees and 
rise on toes (Fig. 45w) extend arms sideways and 
lower heels (see Fig. 9w) — return to starting 
position. 

4. Raise arms sideways and bend knees (Fig. 46w) , 
place bells on shoulders, straighten knees and rise 
on toes (see Fig. 45w) extend arms upward and 
lower heels (see Fig. Iw) — return to starting 
position. 



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SERIES VIII. 

Take stride position forward, left, and raise arms 
forward (Fig. 47t<;), bend left knee and place bells 
on shoulders, straighten knee and extend arms 
sideways (Fig. 48^<;)— return to starting position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 
Take stride position sideways, left, and raise arms 
sideways (Fig. 49w), bend left knee and place 
bells on shoulders, straighten knee and extend 
arms upward, with bells vertical (Fig. 50^)— re- 
turn to starting position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 
Take stride position forward, left, and raise arms 
forward (see Fig. 47w), bend left knee, make 8 / 4 arm 
circle sideways, right, ending with arms raised 
obliquely upward at sides and twist trunk to the 
right (Fig. 51w), straighten knee, twist trunk to 
the front, and raise bells to shoulders (see Fig. 
19w)— return to starting position. 
Repeat to the right and alternating. 



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Take stride position sideways and raise arms 
sideways (see Fig. 49w), bend left knee, bend trunk 
sideways, right, swing right arm in rear of body, 
and raise left arm to circle above head (Fig. 52w) 
straighten knee, raise right arm to circle above 
head and extend left arm sideways (Fig. 53w) — 
return to starting position, 
"^eueat to the right and alternating. 



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SERIES IX. 

Combining Leg, Trunk and Arm Movements. 
t. Take side step position, left, and raise arms hori- 
zontally sideways, bells pointing outward (Fig. 
5£w) , take cross step in front with left foot and 
place bells on head vertically (see Fig. 23w) charge 
sideways, left, and make double arm circle out- 
ward, ending with arms raised vertically upward 
(Fig. 55w) — return to starting position. 
Repeat to the right and alternating. 

2. Take step position obliquely forward, left, and 
raise arms upward (Fig. 56w) , cross step position 
in rear with left foot and make % arm circle in- 
ward, to side position (Fig. 5>7w), charge obliquely 
forward, left, and raise left arm to circle above 
head, right arm remaining extended at side (Fig. 
58w) — return to starting position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

3. Take side step position, left, bending right knee, 
and raise arms sideways (Fig. 59w), reverse charge 



Spalding's Athletic Library. gi 

position, make % arm circle outward, then bend 
trunk sideways, left, swing left arm down to 
rear of body, and hold right arm upward (Fig. 60w 
in opposite direction), balance on right leg and 
cross arms in front of shoulders (Fig. 61w) — return 
to starting position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 
L Take cross step position backward with left foot, 
bending right knee and raise arms upward (Fig. 
62w), charge sideways, left, make % arm circle to 
left and bend trunk sideways, holding right arm 
in circle above head and left arm obliquely back- 
ward (Fig. 6Sw) , balance on right leg, extending 
left leg sideways, and swing arms to left oblique 
position (Fig. 6Aw) — return to starting position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 
5. Take step position forward, left, bending right 
knee and raise arms upward (see Fig. 56w) , reverse 
charge position, bend trunk forward, and make 
% arm circle inward (Fig. &7w) from side position, 
make % arm circle outward and balance on right 
leg, with arms raised upright (Fig. 68^^)— return 
to starting position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 



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SERIES X. 

Lay-out step sideways, left, and raise left arm 
sideways and right arm to head with bell vertical 
(see Fig, 2Aw in opposite direction), make V* turn 
to right, swing right arm sideways and left arm 
across right shoulder, and bend trunk forward 
(see Fig, 43w), return to first position (see Fig. 
24w)— return to starting position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 
Lay-out step forward, left, and raise left arm 
forward and right arm to shoulder with bell ver- 
tical (see Fig. 25w) turn right about, swing right 
arm backward, and raise left arm to shoulder 
with bell vertical (Fig. 69w), return to first posi- 
tion (see Fig. 25w)— return to starting position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 
Take cross-step in rear with left foot, raise left 
arm sideways and hold right arm across left 
shoulder, turning head to the right (see Fig. 26w) 9 
turn left about, place right bell on head vertically 



Spalding's Athletic Library. 95 

and left bell on hip, and bend trunk sideways, 
left (Fig. 70w), return to first position (see Fig. 
26w)— return to starting position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 
Take cross step in front with left foot, raise left 
arm obliquely upward and right arm to shoulder 
with bell vertical and bend trunk backward 
(Fig. 71w) , turn right about, swing arms upward, 
and bend trunk forward, touching bells to floor 
(Fig. 72w) , return to first position (see Fig. 71w) — 
return to starting position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating 



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SERIES -XL 

Balance Movements. 
t. Bend knees to right angle and cross arms in front 
of shoulders (Fig. 73w), straighten knees, raise 
left leg forward, balancing on right leg, and ex- 
tend arms sideways, with bells horizontal and 
palms facing forward (Fig. 74w), charge forward, 
left, bend trunk forward, and swing arms for- 
ward so that bells strike floor (Fig. 75w)— return 
to starting position. 
Repeat to the right and alternating. 
2. Bend knees to right angle and cross arms in rear 
of head (Fig. 76w) straighten knees, raise left 
leg sideways, and extend arms upward, with bells 
vertical (Fig. 77w), charge and bend trunk side- 
ways, left, swing left arm downward at side so 
as to strike bell on floor, and hold right arm in 
circle above head (Fig. 78w) — return to starting 
position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 



Spalding's Athletic Library. 99 

3. Raise left leg and both arms forward (Fig. 79w, 
but arms forward) , replace foot, bend knees to 
right angle, and swing arms sideways (Fig. 80w) 
charge backward, left, bend trunk backward, 
hold right arm in second position, and cross left 
arm in front of body to right shoulder (Fig. 81w) 
— return to starting position. 
Repeat to the right and alternating. 

4 Raise left leg and both arms forward (see Fig. 
79?#), replace foot, bend knees to right angle and 
raise arms upward (Fig. 82w) , charge obliquely 
forward, left, twist left, bend trunk forward and 
swing left arm down to side and right arm obli- 
luely upward (Fig. 83w) — return to starting 
position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 



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101 



SERIES XII. 

1. Balance-step forward, left, raise left arm obliquely 
upward and place right arm behind back, turning 
head to the right (Fig. 84w) charge obliquely 
backward, left, bend trunk backward, and place 
left arm behind back and right arm horizontally 
across forehead (Fig. 85w), kneel on left knee, 
swing left arm upward, place right bell on hip, 
and bend sideways, right (Fig. 86^) —return to 
starting position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

2. Balance-step sideways, left, extend arms obliquely 
at sides, left up, right down (Fig. 87w); cross 
charge backward, left, fold arms in front of chest 
and bend trunk forward (Fig. 88w), touch right 
bell to floor, extend left arm forward and left leg 
backward horizontally (Fig. 89w) — return to 
starting position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 



Spalding 9 s Athletic Library. 103 

3, Cross balance-step in front with left foot and ex- 
tend left arm obliquely upward (Fig. 90w), charge 
obliquely backward, left, and cross left arm in 
front of right shoulder, extending right arm 
downward (Fig. 91w) turn left about charge ob- 
liquely forward, right, swing right arm upward 
and place left bell on hip (Fig. 92w) — return to 
starting position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

4. Cross balance-step in rear with left foot, raise 
left arm in circle above head, extend right arm 
obliquely downward, and bend trunk sideways, 
right (Fig. 93 w), charge obliquely backward, left, 
cross arms in front of shoulders, and bend trunk 
foreward (Fig. 94w), turn left about, charge side- 
ways, right, bend trunk sideways, left, raise right 
arm in circle above head and place left bell on hip 
(Fig. 95w) — return to starting position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 

o. Raise left leg sideways, and bells to shoulders 
vertically (Fig. 96w), charge sideways, left, and 
extend arms sideways upward (Fig. 97 w), cross 
Step position backward, left, and swing the right 



Spalding's Athletic Library. 105 

arm down and to left side, place the left on hip, 
turn head to right (Fig. 98w) — return to starting 
position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 
6. Raise left leg and arms sideways (Fig. 99w), bend 
left knee upward and place bells vertically on 
shoulders (Fig. 100 w), step position obliquely back- 
ward, left, bending right knee, extend the right 
arm sideways, the left over right shoulder and 
bend trunk forward (Fig. lOlw) — return to start- 
ing position. 

Repeat to the right and alternating. 



Spalding's Athletic Library. 107 



NOTE. 



Series Nos. 5 and 6 are especially adapted for home 
exercise and are suitable to the needs of both men 
and women. These exercises produce good respira- 
tion and circulation if vigorously done. 

The abdominal exercises are an important factor 
for constipated people and seldom fail to show good 
results when practiced regularly. 

It is advisable for men to use iron dumb bells of 5 
pounds each after a short period with the wooden 
bells, but the wooden dumb bells are sufficiently 
heavy for women. 

Begin your exercises with a stationary run of about 
a half minute's duration, followed with deep breath- 
ing from 8 to 10 times. Close your series in the same 
manner (see Fig. 13). After the exercises there 
should always follow a bath or a rub-down. 



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LADIES' GYMNASIUM SUITS. 



A ladies' gymnasium suit must be neat in appearance, loose 
enough to ensure perfect freedom of action and yet not present 
a baggy effect. 

Spalding suits are all cut to measure, both the measuring and 
cutting being done by experts, consequently they fit, look well 
and do not impede the fullest freedom of action. 

The bloomers have the appearance of "kilt" style skirts, no 
dividing line being visible. The waist is similar to the stylish 
"Peter Pan" design, finished with blind buttons and buttonholes. 
The sleeves are three-quarter in length, roomy and graceful. 

The No. Lioo, of brilliantine, in black and navy blue, with 
any color collar and cuffs. If desired two rows of colored braid 
may be put around the collar and cuffs. If one suit only is 
ordered the price is $6.50; when six or more are ordered at one 
time, $6.00 each. 

An excellent suit for $5.00 single or $4.50 for six or more is 
the No. 2920, made of all wool serge, in same colors ; cut in 
surplice effect, with white vest or shield and embroidered anchor. 

No. 2909 is of all-wool serge, with collar and cuffs trimmed 
any color desired. Single suit, $6.00; in quantities of six or 
more, $5.00 each. 

If an all-wool moire cloth is desired the No. 2907 suit is sure 
to meet approval in fit, style and workmanship. It is made in 
either navy blue or black, with an emblem on front of blouse. 
Single suit, $4.50; for six or more, $3.75. 

Another suit consists of navy blue serge, No. 1032, with white 
embroidered shield, five rows of braid on collar, and tie of any 
desired color. Single suit, $4.00 each; six or more, $3.50 each. 

Spalding's gymnasium shoes for ladies are of the same high 
grade character as those for men. Made of selected material 
and cut to fit snugly, making them durable and comfortable. 

No. BHL. High cut, black, with elkskin sole, per pair, $1.50; 
six or more ordered at one time, $1.35 per pair. 

No. OHL. Same as above, only low cut, Single, per pair, 
$1.25; six or more pairs, $1.15 per pair. 

A pearl-colored, high cut shoe with electric soles, is known as 
No. PL and sells for $1.50 per pair; if ordered in lots of six or 



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more, $1.35 per pair. If a low-cut style of the same shoe is 
preferred, order No. OPL, $1.25 per pair, unless ordered in 
quantities of half dozen or more, when the price is $1.15 per 
pair. 

Another color, drab, in leather, for $1.00, may be ordered by 
the number SL; a reduction of 15 cents a pair is made if ordered 
in quantities of six or more. Same grade and same style, except 
low cut, sells for 90 cents a pair when ordered in single pairs 
and 80 cents a pair in orders for six or more. 

The No. 90L, in addition to being made of a good quality of 
leather, has a corrugated rubber heel and electric sole. Excep- 
tional well made and very light. Low cut. Black. Single pair, 
$2.00; in quantities over six pairs, $1.90 per pair. 

A low-cut special shoe for ladies, of selected black leather, 
with the electric sole roughed up to prevent slipping, is known 
as No. 85L; ordered in quantities of six or more they cost $1.90 
per pair. Single pairs, $2.00. 

No. 20L is a very easy and flexible shoe of leather, with 
electric sole at $1.75 a pair, unless ordered in quantities of half 
a dozen or over, when the price is $1.65 a pair. 

The No. 19L is made of fine horsehide, low cut, oak sole, 
flexible, roughened to obviate slipping; a very light, comfortable 
shoe, for $2.00 a pair ; if 3'ou desire to get the benefit of the 
quantity price, order six or more at a time and the price is $1.85. 

If you are accustomed to a high-cut canvas shoe, No. iH is the 
best. It is made in white canvas, with white rubber sole, and 
costs $1.75 per pair; in orders of six or more, $1.50 a pair. 



OFFICIAL RULES FOR ALL ATHLETIC SPORTS. 



The following: list contains the Group and the Number of the book of 
Spalding' s Athletic Library in which the rules wanted are contained. See 
front pages of book for com lete list of Spalding's Athletic Library. 



Event. 



All-Round Athletic Cham- 
pionship 

A. A. U. Athletic Rules .... 

A. A. U. Boxing Rules 

A. A. U. Gymnastic Rules. . 
A. A. U. Water Polo Rules. 
A. A. U. Wrestling Rules. . . 

Archery 

Badminton 

Base Ball 

Indoor 

Basket Ball, Official 

Collegiate 

Women's 

Water 

Basket Goal 

Bat Ball 

Betting- .. 

Bowling 

Boxing — A. A, U. f Marquis 

of Queensbury, London 

Prize Ring- 

Broadsword (mounted) 

Caledonian Games 

Canoeing- 

Children's Games 

Court Tennis 

Cricket. 

Croquet 

Curling- 

Dog- Racing 

Fencing- 

Foot Ball 

Code of Rules 

Association (Soccer) 

English Rugby 

Canadian 

Golf 

Golf -Croquet 

Hand Ball 

Hand Polo 

Hand Tennis 

Hitch and Kick 

Hockey 

Ice 

Field 

Garden 

Lawn 

Parlor 

Ring- 

Ontario Hockey Ass'n 

Indoor Base Ball 

Intercollegiate A. A. A. A. . 

I.-C. Gymnastic Ass'n 

Lacrosse 

U. S. I.-C. Lacrosse League 



No. 



Event. 



Lawn Bowls 

Lawn Games 

Lawn Tennis 

Obstacle Races 

Olympic Game Events — Mar- 
athon Race, Stone Throw- 
ing- with Impetus, Spear 
Throwing-, HellenicMethod 
of Throwing- Discus, Dis- 
cus, Greek Sty le for Youths 

Pigeon Flying- 

Pin Ball 

Playground Ball 

Polo (Equestrian) 

Polo, Rugby 

Polo, Water (A. A. U.) .... 

Potato Racing- 

Professional Racing-, Shef- 
field Rules 

Public Schools Athletic 

League Athletic Rules 

Girls' Branch ; including 
Rules for School Games . 

Push Ball 

Push Ball, Water 

Quoits 

Racquets 

Revolver Shooting- 

Ring Hockey 

Roller Polo 

Roller Skating Rink 

Roque 

Rowing- : 

Sack Racing 

Shuffleboard 

Skating- 

Skittles 

Snowshoeing 

Squash Racquets 

Swimming- 

Tether Tennis 

Three- Legged Race 

Volley Ball 

Wall Scaling- 

Walking 

Water Polo (American) 

Water Polo (English) 

Wicket Polo 

Wrestling 

Y. M. C. A. All-Round Test 

Y. M. C. A. Athletic Rules. . 

Y. M. C. A. Hand Ball Rules. 

Y.M.C.A. Pentathlon Rules. 

Y.M.C.A. Volley Ball Rules. 



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[i^Home ApparatuT*"!! 

"It is not so important 
to have big muscles as it 
is to have good digestion,' 
it is not so important to 
have powerful muscles as 
it is to have a strong, 
regular heart; it is not so 
important to have great 
skill with one's muscles 
as to have good lungs 
and kidneys. " — Extract 
from Spalding Athletic 
Library No. 161 — " Ten 
Minutes' Exercise for 

Busy Men." 
The value of a few min- 
utes' exercise daily with 
scientific and properly de- 
signed apparatuses rapid- 
ly becoming apparent to 
the vast number of busi- 
ness men who find it sim- 
ply impossible to take 
regular outdoor exercise. 



Spalding Gold Medal Indian Clubs 

Natural Color, Lathe Polished, High Finish 

Spalding Gold Medal Indian Clubs are made of 
selected first grade clear maple, in two popular 
models and are perfect in bal- 
ance. Each club bears fac-simile 
of the Spalding Gold Medal. 
Each pair is wrapped in paper bag. 

MODEL E 

Weights specified are for each 
club. 

Pair Pais 
%lb.$ .60 1% lb. $ .80 

%lb. .60 2 lb. I.OO 
1 lb. .70 3 lb. 1.20 



Spalding Exhibition 

Handsomely finished in ebonite 
find made for exhibition and 
Stage purposes. The clubs are 
hollow, with a large body, and 
although extremely light, 
represent a club weighing 

three pounds or more. 
No. A. Ebonite finish. $3.50 
No. AA. With Gennan Silver 
Bands. . Per pair, S5.00 




MODEL B 

Weights specified are for each 
club. 



Pais 

lb.s .50 
.50 
.55 



Clubs 




No. A No. AA 



Spalding 

Indian Club and Dumb Bell Hangers 

MADE OF IRON AND NICELY JAPANNED 

No. I. For Indian Clubs 
or Dumb Bells. 

Per pair, I 6c. 
No. IM. For Indian Clubs No - 1 

or Dumb Bells, mounted on oak strips. 

Per pair, 25c 



Pair 

1% lb. $ .60 

2 lb. .70 

3 lb. I .00 Model B 

Spalding 
Trade-Mark Indian Clubs 

Stained Finish 

The following clubs 
bear our Trade-Mark, 
are made of good 
material, and are far 
superior in shape and 
finish to the best clubs 
of other makes. Fur- 
nished in two popular 
models. Each pair 
wrapped in paper bag. 

MODEL ES 

Weights speci- 
fied are for- 
each club. 

Pair 



%lb. 
%lb. 
1 lb. 
lb. 

Model ES2 Pj 

3 lb! 

MODEL BS 

Weights specified are 
for each club. 



35c. 
35c. 
40c. 
50c. 
60c. 
70c. 



%lb. 
%lb. 

1 lb. 
1% lb. 

2 lb. 

3 lb* 



Pair, 30c. 
" 30c. 
" 35c. 

45c. 
" 65c. 
« $g . Modal BS 



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Spalding Gold Medal Wood Dumb Bells 

Natural Color, Lathe Polished, High Finish 

Spalding Gold Medal 
Dumb Bells are 
made of selected 
first grade clear 

maphs, and are per- "Vn agy Model a 

feet in balance. Each bell bears fac-simile of the 
Spalding Gold Medal. Each pair is wrapped in paper 
bag. Weights specified are for each bell. 

%lb. %lb. lib. 1% lb. 21b. 
Pair, 40c. 45c. 50c. 55c. 65c. 

Spalding Trade-Mark Wood Dumb Bells 

Stained Finish 

jiWIfck Spalding Trade-Mark 

/•"7>v (§f ) / '^ T ?> N quality. Made of 

d> ^ £ ooc * mater i a ^ an ^ 
^B^mWBB^^^^^-^ j superior in shape 
. ■ Model AW\^ib* and finish to the best 

wood dumb bells of other makes. Each pair wrapped 
in paper bag. Weights specified are for each bell. 

%lb. %lb. lib. 1% lb. 21b. 
Pair, 30c. 30c, 35c. 45c. 55c. 

Spalding Iron Dumb Bells 

Made on approved models, 
nicely balanced and fin- 
ished in black enamel. 

Sizes 2 to 40 pounds, 6c. | Over 40 pounds, > . 8c. 
Bar Bells, any weight, wrought iron handles, any length 
made specially. «... . Pound, I Oc. 

Spalding Nickel-Plated Dumb Bells" Spalding Nickel-Plated Dumb Bells 

With Rubber Bands 




Home Apparatus 

"If a man gets plenty of 
food, and his digestive 
apparatus works it up into 
good rich blood; if the 
heart is strong and regu- 
lar so that this good blood 
goes to all parts of the 
body with vigor and regu- 
larity, and if the respira- 
tory and excretory appa- 
ratus is in such good order 
that this blood is kept 
pure, the fundamental 
conditions of health are 
laid. — "Extracts from 
Spalding Athletic Library 
No. 161.—" Ten Minutes* 
Exercise for Busy Men." 
Rational exercise with 
simple but correct appa- 
ratus will enable almost 
any man to arrive at 
approximately a correct 
state of health. 





Nickel-plated and polished. 
IN. 1 lb. $ .25 I 4N. 41b. $ .75 I 
2N. 2 lb. .50 5N. 5 lb. 1 .00 
3N. 31b. .65 



Nickel-plated and polished. 
IB. lib. 9 .65 I 3B. Sib. S i .00 
| 2B. 21b. .75 4B. 41b. I. IB 
= 5B. 5 lb. 1 .2B 



Savage Bar Bell— Especially designed by Dr. Watson L. Savage. 

I Model S. Has large pear shaped 
ends with a flexible hickory shaft 



%-inch in diameter, producing a vibratory exercise, similar to that obtained with the 
French wand. . . i ....... Per dozen, 86.00 

Ash Bar Bells 



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No. 2. Selected material, highly polished, 5 feet long. . Per dozen, $5.00 
Spalding School Wand Q Spalding Calisthenic Wand^ 



No. 3. 3% feet long. Made of straight 
grain maple. . Per dozen, 9 1 .30 



No. 4. 4% feet long. 1 inch dia- 
meter. , • • Per dozen, BI.60 



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Spalding Home Apparatus 

Exercise acts on the health of an individual in the same way as the draught does on the fire 
in a furnace. Pile on the coal and shut off the draught and you kill the fire. Continue to 
eat heavy" meals and take "no exercise and your health will be affected, not because of the 
food you have eaten so much as on account of the lack of exercise. A little exercise is all 
that is necessary to keep you in good condition. Some rational, pleasant and interesting 
exercise, persisted in with regularity and, preferably, with Spalding Home Apparatus, will 
help you to retain your health. 






Spalding 
Chest Weight No. 2 




Spalding Chest Weight No. 12 



We have just added this very 
well made machine to our. line. 
Cast iron parts are all nicely 
japanned. The wheels are 
iron, turned true on centers, 
and have hardened steel cone 
point bearings. The guide rods 
are spring steel, copper-plated. 
The weight carriage has remov- 
able felt bushings, noiseless and 
durable. Each handle is equipped 
with 10 lbs. of weights. 
No. I 2. - Each, $ I O.OO 




An ideal machine 
for home use. 
Well made and 
easy running. 
l_ Rods are %-inch 
coppered spring 
steel. Bearings are hardened steel cone points 
running in soft, gray iron, noiseless and dur- 
able. Weight carriage packed with felt, good 
for long wear, but easily removed and replaced 
when necessary without the use of glue or 
wedges of any kind. Weight carriage strikes 
on rubber bumpers. Weights are 5-pound iron 
dumb-bells, one to each carriage, and may be 
removed and used as dumb bells. Wall and 
floor boards are hard wood, nicely finished and 
stained. All castings heavily japanned. Every 
part of machine guaranteed free of defect. 
No. a. . . Each* $5.00 




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Chest Weight 




This machine has the Center 
Arm Adjustment, whicli per- 
mits of all the lower as well as 
the direct and upper chest 
movements. The various 
manges are made by raising or 
owering the Genter arm, re- 
miring but a few seconds. It 
'eally combines two machines 

fi one, and is particularly suit- 
ble for home use where space 
a consideration. Japan fin- 
ih. One of the most reliable 
nd satisfactory machines ever 
iUilt. Each Machine is equip- 
with 16 pounds of weights. 

CHEST WEIGHT MACHINE 

No. 5. . Each, $15.00 



Spalding Foot and Leg Attachment 




Illustrating Method of Fastening Foot 
and Leg Attachment to No. 5 Chest 
Weight Machine. < 

No. 2. Well made of heavy cowhides 
Readily attached to one handle or both; 
can be worn with or without shoe. 
Each, $1 .50 

Spalding Head and Neck 
Attachment 




Illustrating Method of Fastening Head 
and Neck Attachment to No. 5 Chest 
Weight Machine. 

No. 3. Well made of heavy cowhide, 
Ready for use by simply snapping to 
one of the handles or both. Each, $ 1 .50 



Home Apparatus 

Home apparatus, suitable 
for home use, and not 
altogether by the boys 
and girls of the house- 
hold, but by the grown- 
ups; as a matter of fact, 
the ones who usually re- 
quire exercise of a rational 
kind much more than the 
younger generation who 
have the time and inclina- 
tion for outdoor exercise 
not possessed by many of 
their elders— that is what 
we will attempt to show 
in this section of our 
catalogue. 

Used in connection with 
our various Athletic 
Libraries there is no rea- 
son why any man cannot 
practically renew his 
youthful vigor. 



Spalding 
Rowing Attachments 



The Rowing Attachments listed 
helow, which are to be used in 
connection with Chest Weight 



Machines, will be found particularly suitable for home use, as they may be 
detached from the weight machine quickly and can then be put away in a 

very small space until the next opportunity for use presents itself. 
To be used in connec- 
tion only with chest 
weights which have 
center arm adjust- 
ment, or with handles 
arranged so that they 
can be pulled from a 
bracket close to the 
floor. 

No. I . This attachment as will be noted, has 
out-riggers and arms similar to the rowing ma- 
chine, and offers a great variety of work when used in connection with the 
chestweight. . .... Complete, $ I O.OO 

No. 2. Designed to 
fill the demand for a 
low priced article of 
this kind, built along 
substantial lines. Will give entire satisfaction. . Complete, $8,00 
NOTE-These Attachments can be used only In connection with the No. 
Type of Chest Weight Machine. 





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The Laflin Friction Rowing Machine 




Do 
not 
use 

oil on fric- 
tion cylin- 
der. If its 
action is not perfect- 
ly smooth a little 
clear soap rubbed on 
its surface will prop- 
erly correct its ac- 
tion. The means 
used to produce the resistance is a simple friction 
clutch, which takes instant hold at the com- 
mencement of the stroke and retains the pres- 
sure till its completion, when it instantly re- 
leases it precisely as in a boat. Quickly taken 
apart without loosening any bolts or screws. 
Each machine is adjustable to any amount of 
friction or resistance. 
No. I I 9. Complete, $ I 6.00 



Home Apparatus 

The apparatus listed in 
this catalogue is designed 
particularly for private 
use ; i. e. , in homes and 
private gymnasiums. It 
retains the same superior 
marks of quality which 
distinguish the regular 
line of gymnasium appa- 
ratus manufactured by 
A. G. Spalding & Bros., 
but its distinctive design 
permits it to be sold at a 
price more in keeping 
with its use than hereto- 
fore obtainable, without 
any sacrifice of practical 
value or durability. 



Kerns' Rowing Machine 





Suitable alike for the Athlete or 
the ordinary Man op Woman 

The ideal boat for home use and 
training purposes. Used by the lead- 
ing athletic clubs, colleges and prom- 
inent oarsmen of the world, and pro- 
nounced the most perfect rowing machine ever 

produced. Fitted with the Kerns' Patent Roller Seat and Shoes, the shoes 
having a three-inch adjustment, to suit either a tall or a short person. By turning 
a thumb-nut the belt can be tightened to any desired degree, and more or less friction 
thrown into the running parts, imitating the resistance which exists when forcing a 
row-boat through the water The weaker sex can use the machine by simply loosening the thumb-nut which 
reduces the resistance ; and on the other hand, by reversing the operation the resistance can be so increased 
that the strongest athlete can have any amount of resistance. The oars are pivoted in such a way that the oper- 
ator can handle and turn them the same as he would during the return and feathering motion with a boat oar. 
No. 600. Kerns' Patent Single Scull Rowing Machine* ' . . . Each. $30.00 



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i> Spalding Home Gymnasium ?~ i > 







Combining Swinging Rings, Trapeze, Stirrups and Swing 




HOME APPARATUS 

Start with the boy by 
making him take some 
kind of exercise, and if 
he is not inclined to do 
so without urging, pro- 
vide him with suitable 
apparatus that is at 
the same time interest- 
ing. It won't be long 
before you will see the 
effects in his improved 
physique and no urging 
will be necessary to in- 
duce him to show off his 
prowess on swinging 
rings or trapeze. The 
boy that is started this 
way grows up with the 
inclination for athletic 
exercises that will keep 
him in good health 
during the balance of 
his life. 



The apparatus is supported by two 
strong screw-hooks in the ceiling, 
about eighteen inches apart. It 
can also be used out of doors. The 
straps are of extra strong webbing 
and adjustable to any desire'd 
height; rings heavily japanned. The apparatus can be put 
up in any room, and removed in a moment, leaving only two hooks in the ceiling 
visible. The various combinations can be quickly and-'easily made. We furnish in addi- 
tion, a board, adjustable tp the stirrups which forms an excellent swing. 
rs No. I . Complete, ready to put up, $6.00 




No. 201. Adjustable 



Spalding 
Adjustable Trapeze and 
Swinging Rings 

Furnished complete, with everything 
necessary for suspending. The sup- 
ports are made of extra strong web- 
bing. Perfectly safe under all con- 
ditions and with the adjustable buckle 
may be adapted to any ceiling from 
16 feet down. 

No. 201. Trapeze. . S3.50 
No. 3 CM . Complete with 6-inch 
Japanned Swinging Rings. $3.50 



No. SOI. Adjustable 



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suBSTmjTCTHEjPALD^ G B T T E y B 



Sandow's Patent 

1> Dumb Bells 




A. G. SPALDING & BROS. 

SOLE AMERICAN and CANADIAN LICENSEES 



fDOEUGEN SAN DOW, Patentee. Off! 



N ENTIRE SYSTEM of Physical Culture is em- 
braced within the exereises possible with these 
wonderful dumb bells. 

The bells are made in two halves connected 
by steel springs, the effort necessary in gripping com- 
pelling the pupil to continually devote his whole mind to 
each movement. This concentration of will power on each 
muscle involved is what is responsible for the great results 
obtained through properly exercising with them. v 



Sandow's Patent Spring Grip Dumb Bells 

No. 6. MEN'S. Nickel-plated; fitted with seven steel 

springs. ... .Per pair, $3.00 

No. 4. LADIES'. Nickel-plated ; fitted with five steel 

springs* ..... Per pair, $2.50 

No. 2. BOYS'. Nickel-plated ; fitted with four steel 

springs* . Per pair, $2.00 



We include With each pair of Sandow Dumb Bells a 
chart of exercises by Sandow and full instructions 
for using. Also a piece of selvyt cloth for keeping 
dumb bells in good condition. 



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QUALITY 



26 to 42 in. waist 




ATHLETIC SHIRTS, TIGHTS AND TRUNKS 

f, 1 ?? m K ?,° L ?^ S AI ^ D SIZES. Worsted Goods, Best Quality. We carry following colors regularly in stock' 
Black, Navy Blue and Maroon, m stock sizes bhirts, 26 to 44 in. chest. Tights, 28 to 42 in waist. Other colors and sizes made 
to order at special prices. Estimates on application. 

Our No. 600 Line Worsted Goods. Furnished in Gray and White, Navy Blue. Maroon and Black only Stock sizes Shirts 
26 to 44 in- chest ; Tights. 28 to 42 in waist. - ra| 
Sanitary Cotton Goods. Colors : Bleached White, Navy, Black, Maroon and Gtzy Stock sizes ; 26 to 44 in chest Tights, 

Spalding Sleeveless Shirts 

No. 1 E. Best Worsted, full fashioned, stock colors and sizes. Each, $3.00 
No. 6 OO. Cut worsted, stock colors and sizes. - " 1.50 

No. 6E. Sanitary Cotton, stock colors and sizes. . " .50 

Spalding Striped Sleeveless Shirts 
No. 600S. Cut Worsted, with 6-inch stripe around chest, in following com- 
binations of colors; Navy with White stripe; Black with Orange stripe; Maroon 
with White stripe; Red with Black stripe; Royal Blue wth White stripe; Black 
with Red stripe; Gray with Cardinal stripe. - Each, $1.75 

No. 6ES. Sanitary Cotton, solid color body, with 6-inch stripe around chest 
in same combinations of colors as No. 600S. • . Each, 75c. 

Spalding Shirts with Sash 
No. 6ED. Sanitary Cotton, sleeveless, solid color .body with sash of differ- 
ent color. Same combinations of colors as N6. 600S. - Each, 75c. 

Spalding Quarter Sleeve Shirts 
Best Worsted.full fashioned, stock colors and sizes. Each, $3 .OO 

Cut Worsted, stock colors and sizes. " 1.75 

Sanitary Cotton, stock colors and sizes. " .60 

H Spalding Full Sleeve Shirts 

HHH No. 3D. Cotton, Flesh, White, Black. . * — — Each, 8 1. OO 

Hi 



1 





No. IF. 
No. 60 I . 
No. 6F. 



No. 6ED 




Spalding Knee Tights 

No. IB. Best Worsted, full 
fashioned, stock- colors and 
sizes* i&2*~-*r Pair, $3.25 
No. 604. Cut Worsted, stock 
colors and sizes. Pair, $ 1 . 5 CL 
No. 4B. Sanitary Cottonfstock 
colors and sizes. Pair. 50c. 
Spalding ' 
Full Length Tights 
No. I A. Best Worsted, full 
fashioned, stock colors and 
sizes. — *~ Pair, $4.50 
No. 605. Cut Worsted, stock 
colors and sizes. Pair, $2. get 
Cotton, full quality. White, Black, 
Pair, SI.OO 

Spalding Worsted Trunks 

No. I . Best Worsted, Black, Maroon 
and Navy. . Pair, $2.5 O 

No. 2. Cut Worsted, Navy and black, 
bpecial colors to order- .Pair, $1.25 





Spalding Running Pants 

No. I . White or Black 
Sateen, fly front, lace back. 

- Pair, $1 .25 
No. 2. White or Black 
Sateen, fly front, lace back. 

~%. Pair, $l.OO 
No. 3. White or Black Silesia, 
fly front, lace back. Pr. 7,5 c 
No. 4. White, Black or Gray 
Silesia, fly front, lace back. 

- Pair, 60c. 
Silk Ribbon Stripes down 
sides of any of these running 
pants 25c* per pair extra 
Silk Ribbon Stripe around waist on any of these 

running pants 2 5c per pair extra. 

Spalding Velvet Trunks 

No. 3. Fine Velvet Colors; Black,' 1 
Navy, Royal Blue, Maroon. Special ^ 
colors to order. - Pair, Si.OO 

No. 4. Sateen. Black, White. 

_ Pair, 50c. 





JUVENILE SHIRTS, TIGHTS AND PANTS 

ONLY SIZES SUPPLWLh-Chest, 26^to 30 inches, inclusive; Waist, 21* to 26 inches, inclusive 

foil's iSelslhirt S^SSN?Sw*r22 I S - 66 - g^rterSleeveShirt,qualityofNo.601. $.".50 
po.eea. Sleeveless bmrt, quality of No. 600S J .50 I No. 64. Knee Tights, quality of No. 604 ; 1.35 
No. 44. . Running Pants, quality of No. 4 Pair, 45c 



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SUBSTITUTE 



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SPALDING 

Gymnasium Apparatus 



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MANY years' experience is behind Spalding 
Gymnasium Apparatus. The most thoroughly 
equipped and largest plant of its kind in the 
world makes possible the highest grade of apparatus 
at the lowest cost of manufacture. 

Apparatus of the highest grade— Spalding— insures 
safety to the users, saves the necessity of constant 
supervision of parts, gives freedom from worry and 
adds valuable time to the day's programme, does not 
"eat its head off " in repairs, gives by its durability 
many years of added service, and proves itself a 
valuable investment. 

Every piece of Spalding apparatus is manufactured 
and sold under the Spalding Guarantee, and the 
Spalding Guarantee for 30 years has meant something. 

To those contemplating the purchase of Gymnasium 
Apparatus we solicit a careful comparison of quality. 
The quality of apparatus selected is a potential factor 
in the success of the gymnasium. 

We will be glad to prepare plans and submit sug- 
gestions for college, playground or private equipments. 
Our experience, knowledge and facilities are freely 
offered to anyone interested. 

A* G. SPALDING & BROS., Inc. 

Gymnasium Contract Department CHICOPEE, MASS. 

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Spalding Ail-Steel Playground Apparatus 

Acknowledged as the Standard. Specified and purchased by practically all 
Municipal .Park and Playground Commissions in America. 





-SPALDING PLAYGROUND 



Alameda, Cat 
Allegheny, Pa, 
Ashburnham, Mass. 
Baltimore, Md. 
Bayonne, N. J. 
Bloomlield, N. J. 
Boston, Mass. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Bryn Mawr, Pa. 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
Catskill, N. Y. 
Chicago, III. 
Cincinnati, 0. 
Cleveland, 0. 
Dallas, Texas 



Dayton, 0. 
Denver, Col. 
Dongan Hills, N. Y. 
East Orange, N. J. 
Forest Park, Md. 
Ft Plain, N. Y. 
Ft. Wayne, Ind. 
Galesburg, III. 
Geneva, N. Y. 
Greeley, Col. 



Kentfield, Cal. 
Lancaster, Pa. 
Leavenworth, Kan. 
Lexington, Ind. 
Lockhart, Ala. 
Los Angeles, CaL 
Louisville, Ky. 
Lowell, Mass. 
Lynn, Mass. 
Madison, N. J. 



Hamilton, Ontario, Can. Melrose. Mass. 

Havana, Cuba Meridian, Miss. 

Hoboken, N. J. Milwaukee, Wis. 

Jersey City, N. J. Morristown, N. i. 

Kansas City, Mo. Nashville. Tenn. 



APPARATUS 

Naugatuck, Ct. 
Newark, N. J. 
New Brunswick, N. J. 
New Haven, CL 
New London, Ct 
New Paltz, N. Y. 
New York, N. Y. 
Oakland, Cal. 
Omaha, Neb. 
Orange, N. J. 
Oswego, N. Y. 
Pasadena, Cal. 
Passaic, N. J. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



IS USED IN" 

Pittsburg, Pa. . Somerville. Mass. 



Pocatello, Idaho 
Polk, Pa. 
Portland, Me. 
Portland, Ore. 
Porto Barrios, S. Am. 
Pueblo, Col. 
Reading, Pa. 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Rye, N. Y. 
Sag Harbor, N. Y. 
San Jose, Cal. 
Seattle, Wash. 
Springfield, Mass. 



St Louis, Mo 
Summit, N. J. 
Utica, N. Y. 
Walla Walla, Wash. 
Washington, D. C 
Watertown, Mass. 
Watervleit N. Y. 
Westfield, Mass, 
|Wilkesbarre, Pa. 
Winnipeg, Man., Can. 
Winthrop, Mass. 
Worcester, Mass. 
Ypsilanti, Mich. 





Correspondence Invited. 



Special Plans and Estimates on Request. 



A. G. SPALDING & BROS., Inc. 

Gymnasium and Playground Contract Department 



CHICOPEE, MASS. 



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Spalding Canvas Covered Playground Balls 

Our unique (patent applied for) method of double stitching, one series of stitches 
being on the inside, entirely protected from surface wear, makes these balls the most 
durable for Playground; use. 




Light, Soft 
Safe 

Cannot injure 

players 
or spectators 

The Most 
Popular 
Game for 
Boys and 
Girls 



No. O. 

cord. 




PLAYGROUND BALLS 

No. 2PG. Playground Medicine Ball. Medium. . « . . , * • . 
No. 3PG. Playground Medicine Ball. Light. . . . . * . t , 
No. 9PG. Playground Base Ball, 9 in. circumference (Regulation Base Ball Size). 
No. 12PG. Playground Base Ball, 12 in. circumference (Official Playground Size). 
No. 17PG. Playground Base Ball, 17 in. circumference (Indoor Base BaH Size). 

Playground Tether Ball, light filled ball with canvas cover and loop. 

USE SPECIAL INDOOR BASE BALL BATS FOB PLAYGROUND BASE BALL. 

The above Balls are solid, properly filled and uniform in weight and size. 

PLAYGROUND BASKET BALI jiff PLAYGROUND VOLLEY BALL 

No. X, Playground Basket Ball, Regulation No. VPG. Playground Volley Ball, Regulation' 
Size. . . * * . Each, $4.00 JJ [1 Size.. ...... Each, $3.50 

Basket Balls and Volley Balls are canvas c&iered. Complete with bladders^ of pure Para rubber. ' 



We issue a special 
catalogue devoted to 
our line of Equip* 
ment lor Outdoor 
Playgrounds. Copy 
of this Catalogue will 
be sent on request 
to interested parties. 
Correspondence is 
solicited with School 
Committees, Boards 
of Education and 
those who control 
Public Playgrounds. 




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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY 
GROUP XIL- No. 331. 



Schoolyard 
Athletics 

By J. E. SULLIVAN 

President Amateur Athletic Union; 
Member Board of Education Greater New York. 

H 



Croup XII. No 331 Price SO cents 

fPAJffiNGf 

Schoolyard 
Athletics M'N 




U.E.SULLIVAN 



'ife* American Sports Pu 

W^tf^ 21 barren Street. N, 



letics that has developed 
in the public schools 
within recent years has led to 
the compilation of this book 
with a view to the systemiza- 

tion of the various events that form the distinctively 
athletic feature of school recreation. With its aid any. 
teacher should be able to conduct a successful meet, while 
the directions given for becoming expert in the various 
lines will appeal to the pupil. Some of the leading 
athletes have contributed chapters on their specialties: 
Ray Ewry, holder of the world's high jump record, tells 
how to practice for that event; Harry Hillman, holder of 
the hurdle and three-legged records, gives hints on hurdle 
racing and three-legged racing; Martin Sheridan, all- 
around champion of America, gives directions for putting 
the shot; Harry F. Porter, high jump expert, describes 
how to become proficient in that event. The book is 
illustrated with photos taken especially for it in public 
schoolyards. PRICE 10 CENTS 



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Spalding 
'Official 
National 
League" 

REG. U. S. PAT. Off. 

Ball 



Official Ball 
of the Game 
for over 
Thirty Years 




DOPTED by the National League in 1878, and the only ball used in Cham* 
pionship games since that time. Each ball wrapped in tinfoil, packed in 
a separate box, and sealed in accordance with the latest League regula- 
tions, Warranted to last a full game when used under ordinary conditions. 



No. 1. Each, $1.25 

Per Dozen* $15.0(1 





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1HE following selection of items from their latest Catalogue will give an 
idea of the great variety of ATHLETIC GOODS manufactured by A. G. 
L SPALDING & BROS. SEND FOR A FREE COPY. 



Archery- 
Bags— 

Bat 

Cricket 

Striking 

Uniform 
Balls- 
Base 

Basket 

Cricket 

Field Hockey 

Foot, College 

Foot, Rugby 

Foot, Soccer 

Golf 

Hand 

Indoor 

Medicine 

Playground 

Squash 

Tennis 

Volley 

Water Polo 
Bandages, Elastic 
Bathing Suits 
Bats- 
Base Ball 

Cricket 
Belts 
Caps — 

Base Ball 

University 

Water Polo 
Chest Weights 
Circle, Seven-Foot 
Coats, Base Ball 
Collars, Swimming 
Corks, Running 
Covers, Racket 
Cricket Goods 
Croquet Goods 
Discus, Olympic 
Dumb Bells 
Emblems 
Equestrian Polo 
Exerciser, Home 
Felt Letters 
Fencing Sticks 
Field Hockey 
Flags- 
College 

Foul, Base Ball 

> Marking, Golf 

Foils, Fencing 

Foot Balls- 
Association 
College 
Rugby 

Glasses, Base Ball 
Sun 

Automobile 



Gloves — 
Base Ball 
Boxing 
Cricket 
Fencing 
Foot Ball 
Golf 

Handball 

Hockey, Ice 
Glove Softener 
Goals — 

Basket Ball 

Foot Ball 

Hockey, Ice 
Golf Clubs 
Golf Counters 
Golfette 

Gymnasium, Home 
Gymnasium Board 
Hammers, Athletic 
Hats, University 
Head Harness 
Health Pull 
Hockey Sticks, Ice 
Hole Cutter, Golf 
Hole Rim, Golf 
Horse, Vaulting 
Hurdles, Safety 
Hurley Goods 
Indian Clubs 
Jackets- 
Fencing 
Foot Ball 
Javelins 
Jerseys 

Knee Protectors 

Liacrosse 

Lanes for Sprints 

Lawn Bowls 

Leg Guards- 
Base Ball 
Cricket 
Foot Ball 

Markers, Tennis 

Masks — 
Base Ball 
Fencing 

Nose [inal 

Masseur, A b d o nr 

Mattresses 

Megaphones 

Mitts- 
Base Ball 
Handball 
Striking Bag 

Moccasins 

Nets- 
Cricket 
Golf Driving 
Tennis 
Volley Ball 



Numbers, Compet- 

Pads— [itors' 
Chamois, Fencing 
Foot Ball 
Sliding, Base Ball 

Pants- 
Base Ball 
Basket Ball 
Foot Ball, College 
Foot Ball, Rugby 
Hockey, Ice 
Running 

Pennants, College 

Plates- 
Base Ball Shoe 
Home 

Marking, Tennis 

Pitchers' Box 

Pitchers' Toe 

Teeing, Golf 
Platforms, Striking 

Bag 
Poles — 

Vaulting 
Polo, Roller, Goods 
Posts — 

Backstop, Tennis 

Lawn Tennis 
Protectors — 

Abdomen 

Base Ball Body 

Eye Glass 
Push Ball 
Quoits 

Rackets, Tennis 

Rings- 
Exercising 
Swinging 

Rowing Machines 

Roque 

Sacks, for Sack 

Racing 
Score Board, Golf 
Score Books— 
Score Tablets, Base 
Shirts— [Ball 

Athletic 

Base Ball 
Shoes — 

Base Ball 

Basket Ball 

Bowling 

Clog 

Cross Country 
Cricket 
Fencing ' [ation 
Foot Ball, Associ 
Foot Ball, College 
Foot Ball, Rugby 
Foot Ball, Soccer 
Golf 

Gymnasium 



Shoes- 
Jumping 
Running 
Skating 
Squash 
Tennis 

Shot- 
Athletic 
Indoor 
Massage 

Skates — 
Ice 

Roller 
Skis 

Sleeve, Pitchers 

Snow Shoes 

Squash Goods 

Straps- 
Base Ball 
For Three- 
Legged Race 
Skate 

Stockings 

Striking Bags 

Suits — 
Basket Ball 
Gymnasium 
Gymnasium, 

Ladies' 
Running 
Soccer 
Swimming 
Union Foot 
Ball 

Supporters 
Ankle 
Wrist 

Suspensories 

Sweaters 

Tether Tennis 

Tights - 
Full 

W restling 
Knee 
Toboggans 
Trapeze 
Trunks- 
Bathing 
Velvet 
Worsted 
Umpire Indica- 
Uniforms [tor 
Wands, Calis- 

thenic 
Watches, Stop 
Water Wings 
Weights, 56-lb. 
Whitely Exer- 
cisers 
Wrestli n g 
Equipment 



Standard Policy 

A Standard Quality must be inseparably linked to a Standard Policy. 

Without a definite and Standard Mercantile Policy, it is impossible for a manufacturer to long 
maintain a Standard Quality. 

To market his goods through the jobber, a manufacturer must provide a profit for the jobber as 
well as the retail dealer. To meet these conditions of Dual Profits, the manufacturer is obliged to 
set a proportionately high list price on his goods to the consumer. 

To enable the glib salesman, when booking his orders, to figure out attractive profits to both the 
jobber and retailer, these high list prices are absolutely essential; but their real purpose will have been 
served when the manufacturer has secured his order from the jobber, and the jobber has secured his 
order from the retailer. 

However, these deceptive high list prices are not fair to the consumer, who does not, and, in 
reality, is not ever expected to pay these fancy list prices. 

When the season opens for the sale of such goods, with their misleading but alluring high list 
prices, the retailer begins to realize his responsibilities, and grapples with the situation as best he 
can, by offering "special discounts," which vary with local trade conditions. 

Under this system of merchandising, the profits to both the manufacturer and the jobber are 
assured; but as there is no stability maintained in the prices to the consumer, the keen competition 
amongst the local dealers invariably leads to a demoralized cutting of prices by which the profits of 
the retailer are practically eliminated. 

This demoralization always reacts on the manufacturer. >The jobber insists on lower, and still 
lower, prices. The manufacturer in his turn, meets this demand for the lowering of prices by the 
only way open to him, viz. : the cheapening and degrading of the quality of his product. 

The foregoing conditions became so intolerable that, ten years ago, in 1899, A. G. Spalding 
& Bros, determined to rectify this demoralization in the Athletic Goods Trade, and inaugurated what 
has since become known as "The Spalding Policy." 

The "Spalding Policy" eliminates the jobber entirely, so far as Spalding Goods are concerned, 
and the retail dealer secures his supply of Spalding Athletic Goods direct from the manufacturer 
under a restricted retail price arrangement by which the retail dealer is assured a fair, legitimate and 
certain profit on all Spalding Athletic Goods, and the consumer is assured a Standard Quality and is 
protected from imposition. 

The "Spalding Policy" is decidedly for the interest and protection of the users of Athletic Goods, 
and acts in two ways: 

First— The user is assured of genuine Official Standard Athletic Goods, and 

the same fixed prices to everybody 
Second— As manufacturers, we can proceed with confidence in purchasing at 
the proper time, the very best raw materials required in the manufacture 
of our various goods, well ahead of their respective seasons, and this enables 
us to provide the necessary quantity and absolutely maintain the Spalding 
Standard of Quality. 

All retail dealers handling Spalding Athletic Goods are required to supply consumers at our 
regular printed catalogue prices— neither more nor less— the same prices that similar goods are sold 
for in our New York, Chicago and other stores. 

All Spalding dealers, as well as users of Spalding Athletic Goods, are treated exactly alike, and no 
special rebates or discriminations are allowed to anyone. 

Positively, nobody; not even officers, managers, salesmen or other employes of A. G. Spalding 
& Bros., or any of their relatives or personal friends, can buy Spalding Athletic Goods at a discount 
from the regular catalogue prices. 

This, briefly, is the "Spalding Policy," which has already been in successful operation for the 
past ten years, and will be indefinitely continued. 

Id other words, " The Spalding Policy " is a "square deal " for everybody. 



A. G. SPALDING & BROS. 




One copy del. to Cat. Div. 

MAY 12 j«}fi 



Standard Quality 



An article that is universally given the appellation " Standard' 9 is thereby 
conceded to be the Criterion, to which are compared all other things of a similar nature. 
For instance, the Gold Dollar of the United States is the Standard unit of currency, 
because it must legally contain a specific proportion of pure gold, and the fact of its 
being Genuine is guaranteed by the Government Stamp thereon. As a protection to 
the users of this currency against counterfeiting and other tricks, considerable money 
is expended in maintaining a Secret Service Bureau of Experts. Under the law, citizen 
manufacturers must depend to a great extent upon Trade-Marks and similar devices 
to protect themselves against counterfeit products—without the aid of "Government 
Detectives" or "Public Opinion" to assist them. 

Consequently the "Consumer's Protection" against misrepresentation and "in- 
ferior quality" rests entirely upon the integrity and responsibility of the ''Manufacturer." 

A. G. Spalding & Bros, have, by their rigorous attention to "Quality," for thirty- 
three years, caused their Trade-Mark to become known throughout the world as a 
Guarantee of Quality as dependable in their field as the U. S. Currency is in its field. 

The necessity of upholding the guarantee of the Spalding Trade-Mark and main- 
taining the Standard Quality of their Athletic Goods, is, therefore, as obvious as is the 
necessity of the Government in maintaining a Standard Currency. 

Thus each consumer is not only insuring himself but also protecting other con- 
sumers when he assists a Reliable Manufacturer in upholding his Trade-Mark and all 
that it stands for. Therefore, we urge all users of our Athletic Goods to assist us in 
mamtaining the Spalding Standard of Excellence, by insisting that our Trade-Mark be 
plainly stamped on all athletic goods which they buy, because without this precaution 
our best efforts towards maintaining Standard Quality and preventing fraudulent 
substitution will be ineffectual. 

Manufacturers of Standard Articles invariably suffer the reputation of being 
high-priced, and this sentiment is fostered and emphasized by makers of " inferior 
goods," with whom low prices are the main consideration. 

A manufacturer of recognized Standard Goods, with a reputation to uphold and a 
guarantee to protect, must necessarily have higher prices than a manufacturer of cheap 
goods, whose idea of and basis for a claim for Standard Quality depends principally 
upon the eloquence of the salesman. 

We know from experience that there is no quicksand more unstable than poverty 
in quality— and we avoid this quicksand by Standard Quality. 




A separate book covers every Athletic Sport 
and is Official and Standard 
Price 10 cents each 




ST. LOUIS , 1904 



Spalding 



PARIS, 1900 



ATHLETIC GOODS 

ARE THE STANDARD OF THE WORLD 



A.G. Spalding ® Bros. 

MAINTAIN WHOLESALE and RETAIL STORES in the FOLLOWING CITIES: 
NEW YORK CHICAGO 
PHILADELPHIA ST. LOUIS 

BOSTON KANSAS CITY 

BALTIMORE MINNEAPOLIS 
WASHINGTON SAN FRANCISCO 

PITTSBURG CINCINNATI 
BUFFALO DENVER 
SYRACUSE DETROIT 

NEW ORLEANS CLEVELAND 
LONDON, ENGLAND ATLANTA SEATTLE 

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND DALLAS COLUMBUS 
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND ST. PAUL 

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA MONTREAL/, CANADA 

Factories owned and operated by A.GSpaldinj? & Bros . and where all of Spaldinys 



Trade -Marked Athletic Goods 



nade arc located in the following cities: 



, NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO . CHICOPEE, MASS. 
JBBOOKLYN BOSTON PHILADELPHIA LONDON, ENG. 



